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Venrock’s Bryan Roberts on Digital Health Investments

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With biotechnology stocks turning in stellar performances on the Nasdaq Global Exchange and digital-health startups commanding huge funding rounds at high valuations, some are talking about a bubble forming in certain areas of medical technology.But Bryan Roberts of Venrock, who last year logged six successful exits from medical technology investments, doesn’t use the word “bubble.”The industry, he said, is […]

Biotech to Remain Strong Because Science is Solid, CEOs Say

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Biotechnology companies have been going public in record numbers, and many of them have been immediately embraced by public-market investors once their stock starts trading.But does that mean the sector is in a bubble?The chief executives of two venture-backed companies that went public spoke at the National Venture Capital Association’s annual conference in San Francisco. They said the good days for […]

Like Your Job? The Stock Market Will Probably Like Your Company …

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Josh Zumbrun

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Companies trying to decide whether it’s worthwhile to create a friendly workplace could do well to consider this: Companies that employees report to be a good place to work have significantly outperformed the S&P 500 over the past six years.The data comes from Glassdoor Inc., an online job and company information website, which solicits employees to post anonymous reviews of […]

GOP Firm Counts on Big Data for Down-Ballot Races – Washington …

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Voters in Miami, Fla., hold up signs as they walk to an early voting site to cast their ballots on Aug. 11, 2014, the first day of early voting for the Aug. 26 primaries and nonpartisan elections. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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One of the big questions that emerged from the 2012 White House race is whether down-ballot candidates […]