Noble Systems Has Acquired Certain Assets of TouchStar Software

FOCUS Secures Debt Financing for Nextek

Delivering Results During Difficult Times—FOCUS Closes 10 Deals in 2009

Jim Stratigos Joins FOCUS’ Atlanta, GA Office as a Senior Advisor

FOCUS Corporate Valuations Expert Jeff Hooke Speaks to Russian CFA Association in Moscow

FOCUS Web Watch
New FOCUS Internet & Digital Information Group White Paper on Strategic Partnerships

Cognizant Has Acquired Pepperweed Advisors

Helping Businesses Increase Liquidity by Optimizing Cash Flow Management by Justin A. Brownhill, Co-Founder and CEO, The Receivables Exchange, LLC

Steven Murphy Joins FOCUS’ Washington, DC office as a Senior Advisor

Mezzanine Debt—A Source Of Secondary Capital In An Improving Economy by John Slater, Partner, FOCUS

FOCUS ADDS TWO MANAGING DIRECTORS

• Bob Beard Joins FOCUS’ Atlanta Office as a Managing Director

• Rich Pierce Joins FOCUS’ Washington, DC Office as a Managing Director

FOCUS Web Watch
New FOCUS Government, Aerospace and Defense Group Summer 2009 Report Available

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Leading Indicators Rise; Bottom of Recession Seen

How Middle-Market Companies Can Profitably Apply Big Business Strategies

2008 Asset Boom and Bust: Its Long Term Effect on Valuation by Jeff Hooke, Managing Director, FOCUS

FOCUS ADDS THREE MANAGING DIRECTORS

• Gordon Treco Joins FOCUS’ Washington, DC Office as a Managing Director

• William Contessa Joins FOCUS as a Managing Director Based in New York City

• Jeff Hooke Joins FOCUS’ Washington, DC Office as a Managing Director in Charge of Valuations

FOCUS Industry Practice Groups

How Middle-Market Companies Can Profitably Apply Big Business Strategies

Craig Custer Joins FOCUS’ Washington Office as a Managing Director

Kevin B. Hogan Joins FOCUS’ Chicago Office as a Senior Advisor

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Obama Erects New Hurdles for M&A

FOCUS Sponsors Innovative New Internet and Digital Media Portal

Brent Costello Joins FOCUS’ Los Angeles Office as a Managing Director

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Should You Sell Your Company?

Bruce Holmes Joins FOCUS’ Washington, DC office as a Senior Advisor

John Schmidt Joins FOCUS’ Chicago Office as a Senior Advisor

FOCUS Web Watch
New FOCUS Information Technology Group Winter 2009 Report Available

Zantech IT Services Has Acquired Newtek International

Acorn Growth Companies and Cherokee Nation Businesses Have Acquired Aerospace Products S.E.

Is Your Company Ready to Face Financial Institutions in a TARP World? by G. Stanley Cutter and Michael Zook, Sr., Managing Directors, FOCUS

George Norton Joins FOCUS’ Southeast Office as a Senior Advisor

Stephen Harlan Joins FOCUS’ Washington, DC Office as a Senior Advisor

FOCUS Web Watch
New FOCUS Government, Aerospace and Defense Group Winter 2009 Report Available

FOCUS Elected to Membership in M&A Europe by Gerald Turner, Managing Director, FOCUS

Gareth Clarke Joins FOCUS’ Southeast Office as a Senior Advisor

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Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting

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Down Only 27%? We'll Take It! Enter the Era of Low Expectations

FOCUS Forms New Government, Aerospace and Defense Group

Keith Walz Joins FOCUS’ Midwest Office