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			<title><![CDATA[UK - Nova appoints new board member]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827175</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Nova Capital Management has appointed David Carman to its board]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:22:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[GERMANY/UK - Riverside-backed Sage makes fourth acquisition ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827190</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Riverside Company-backed international communications company Sage Holdings has acquired Capital Precision, a UK-based provider of capital markets intelligence]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:32:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[FINLAND - Sofinnova et al. inject EUR 40m into Blyk]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827186</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Existing investors Sofinnova Partners, IFIC, Goldman Sachs and private individuals have invested EUR 40m into Finnish mobile network for young people, Blyk]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[IRELAND - Irish goverment in talks with private equity]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827179</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[The Irish government has been reported as being in talks with private investors from outside the country regarding a possible investment into its banking sector, with US-based JC Flowers thought to be amongst the interested parties]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[GERMANY - ATS et al. invest EUR 65m into GANYMED]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827178</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[ATS Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbH has participated in a EUR 65m financing round for biopharmaceutical company GANYMED Pharmaceuticals AG, alongside Future Capital AG, MIG Verwaltungs AG, and private investors]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:57:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[NETHERLANDS - Derks Star Busmann appoints partner]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827167</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[CMS Derks Star Busmann&rsquo;s Banking &amp; Finance practice has appointed Bauke Falkena as partner]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[FRANCE - CAPE and Demeter invest EUR 3m into Methaneo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827134</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Cr&eacute;dit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) and Demeter Partners have each invested EUR 1]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[PORTUGAL - Explorer acquires Companhia das Sandes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827127</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Explorer Investments has acquired fast food business Grupo Companhia das Sandes from the founder Pedro Luz]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[GERMANY - BayernLB Private Equity backs MBO of RSA]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827120</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[BayernLB Private Equity has backed the&nbsp;management buyout&nbsp;of&nbsp;industrial machinery company RSA Entgrat- u Trenn-Systeme GmbH &amp; Co KG]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[SWEDEN - Ledstiernan-backed Metrima sells Home Solutions]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827117</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Ledstiernan-backed Metrima, a developer of products and systems for multi-type measurement of energy, has sold its subsidiary Home Solutions in order to streamline its operations]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:13:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[GERMANY - bm-t backs DJTUNES]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827115</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[bm-t beteiligungsmanagement th&uuml;ringen GmbH, alongside business angel Professor Dr Karlheinz Brandenburg, has backed music portal DJTUNES]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[SWEDEN - 3i divests stake in Boxer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827110</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[3i has sold its 30% stake in Nordic digital television company Boxer TV-Access AB to majority stakeholder Teracom, the Swedish government-owned media operator, for an undisclosed sum]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[EUROPE - Antin Infrastructure Partners launch announced ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827091</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Antin Infrastructure Partners, a new fund management business focusing on the infrastructure space and affiliate of BNP Paribas Asset Management, announced its launch this morning at a briefing in London]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:07:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[UK - Latham & Watkins elects 30 new partners]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827085</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Latham &amp; Watkins has elected 28 associates and two counsels to partnership, effective 1 January 2009]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:05:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[ITALY - Cape acquires Trafomec]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827078</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Cimino &amp; Associati Private Equity (Cape) has acquired industrial manufacturer Trafomec in a buyout deal valued at around EUR 11m]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:02:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[FRANCE - Seventure and INRA join forces]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=827073</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[French venture capital firm Seventure Partners has formed a partnership with INRA, the technology transfer arm of the French National Institute for Agronomic Research, in order to create Agro Biotech Accelerateur (ABA), a new company designed to finance start-up technology businesses arising from INRA research]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[BELGIUM - KBC et al sell Oleon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=826980</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[KBC Private Equity, Fortis Private Equity, Ackermans &amp; van Haaren, Mercator Verzekeringen and Jan De Clerck, have sold 100% of the shares in chemicals business Oleon to Sofiproteol, a French company active in the production and transformation of vegetable oils and proteins]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:07:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[UK - RJD refinances IPES]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=826973</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[RJD Partners has completed&nbsp;a refinancing of IPES Holding Ltd, a provider of outsourced fund administration services]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:05:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[UK - Close Brothers appoints director]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=826940</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Close Brothers has hired Luke MacKenzie to its European restructuring and debt advisory group]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:42:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[FINLAND/US - Nexit Ventures holds second close on EUR 75m]]></title>
			<link>http://www.unquote.com/public/showPage.html?page=unquote_portal_story&amp;tempPageName=826890</link> 
			<description><![CDATA[Nexit Ventures has held a second close of Nexit Infocom II&nbsp;on EUR 75m, expecting a final close early 2009]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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