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US VC investment declines

..and so does UK activity

Blackstone’s second rescue lending fund reaches $5bn cap

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HTC appoints new US strategy chief

Apple’s developer site still offline after being hacked

Take a look at the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades from the end of last week

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