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...selection. Although top college players often leave school early to sign pro contracts, the majority of recent Harvard draftees have chosen to stay the full four years. Last year’s Harvard captains, Chris Bala ’00 and Steve Moore ’00, were both second-round NHL selections...
...Though the results gave heart to the embattled conservatives - and pause to Jospin's forces - analysts cautioned against reading too much into these grassroots contests. A high level of abstentions - almost 38% in second-round voting - makes it hard to gauge the real balance of forces, and voters were largely swayed by local issues. Thus the election was not what Jospin had hoped it would be: a plebiscite on his government, which is presiding over one of Europe's strongest economies (nearly 3% growth this year) and has succeeded in bringing unemployment down from more than 12% to 9% since...
...With investors more cautious, Matchbid found it difficult to secure second-round funding. Over the summer the company rewrote its business plan, reinventing itself as a software firm selling "one-to-many" marketplace software to Old and New Economy companies seeking to streamline their supply chains and sell directly online. ABC is not among them. By September, with only three months of cash left, Matchbid had still not secured additional financing...
...offices in West London, a different kind of prospect confronts Stephanie Hunt, chief executive of NetBeat, a digital music distribution firm that has just received a $4.6 million funding commitment for second-round financing. Hunt turned her back on a career as an executive in a large entertainment corporation to pursue independence via the Internet. Now, with a trade sale her most likely exit, she may find her company bought by, and herself absorbed back into, the very world she left in October...
Harvard's other captain, Francis Volpe, will also move on to second-round action in the 184-lb division. Volpe, who competed in the NCAAs in 1998, defeated Rider's Shawn Scannell 7-1. He will face Virginia Tech's Scott Justus, who upset the fifth seed on his way to the next round...