Fund Raising

Norway oil fund says it's on prowl for stocks (The Globe and Mail)

20 Nov 2008

OSLO — Norway's $300-billion (U.S.) sovereign wealth fund will remain a big buyer of equities after raising its holdings to 1.25 per cent of European stocks and about half that proportion in markets elsewhere, its chief said.

Sarkozy to Create EU20 Billion Fund for Companies (Update1) (Bloomberg)

20 Nov 2008

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the government and a state-owned lender will create a 20 billion-euro ($25.1 billion) fund aimed at protecting and developing the country's ``strategic companies.''

Fund-raising effort on its way (Lake Villa Review)

20 Nov 2008

Pleviak School in Lake Villa District 41 is well on its way to raising the $14,000 to purchase a water pump for an African village.