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Like many 5-year-olds, California's Vycon corporation is going through a growth spurt. A developer of mechanical energy-storage devices (essentially batteries made of flywheels rather than chemicals), the firm is beefing up production of some of its gadgets tenfold this year to quench demand. To pay for such expansion, Vycon's executives decided to sell shares to the public. Too tiny to trade on New York City's NASDAQ, the company focused instead on another market catering to ambitious upstarts like Vycon. London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) was a "global market for small companies," says Vycon...
...attention. That opened things up for us from the outside and also for us to penetrate a little more.”As in the previous night’s game against Cornell, however, the Crimson would scratch away the early deficit with an extended run. A 12-0 spurt, capped by a three-pointer from Goffredo, gave Harvard an 18-15 advantage, raising the hope that the Crimson could pull off an improbable road sweep on the season’s last weekend.But the Lions closed the first half by outscoring Harvard 20-5 and took...
...chance to come back.”It was Harvard’s turn in final three minutes of the second half. Martin, Simmons, freshman Sara Flood, junior Ali Hines, and Barlow each scored to give Harvard an 8-7 lead at the break.The Crusaders offense put on another spurt as play resumed. Attacks Megan Fenton, Patricia Sutton, and Kristine Corkum each scored to put the Crimson down 10-7.Through much of the second half, neither team could gain an advantage. Simmons scored her third for Harvard, but Sutton. who led the Crusaders with four goals in the contest, quickly retaliated...
...jump hook when Housman got the Crimson’s first field goal in over 18 minutes with a floater in the lane at the 18:24 mark. This basket would ignite a 15-0 run by the home team, with the last nine points of the spurt scored by the point guard. After his driving layup brought the home team to within three at 23-20, he stole the ball and broke away for another layup, getting fouled by forward Kyle Koncz in the process. He completed the three-point play to even the score at 23. Housman then...
...road team. It was very disappointing to see us play as back on our heels as we did. But all credit to Brown, they were energized and had good momentum coming out of the locker room.” The turnovers forced by the Bears during that spurt were just three of 19 the Crimson committed on the night against a tough defense. Senior guard Marcus Becker and the rest of the Brown defense pressured sophomore guard Drew Housman nearly every time he brought the ball up the court. A week after scoring a career-high 33 points at Princeton...