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Click on this morning's First Read to find out about Affinity's Asia-focused $3.5 billion fund and biotech finally coming of age.

Click on this morning's First Read for top tips on how to build a company, to find out more about YouTube's iPhone app and Goldman's mega fee loss in its conflict of interest case.

Good morning Hub Readers. Click through for some of the latest news updates from the weekend before the busy week starts.

Take it easy after the long weekend and start the day with some lighter reading about what's going on in the world of private equity.

Happy Labour Day! For those of you not on your day off and who fancy an update of what's going on in the PE world click through a few of the latest links to find out about Pitango's latest fundraising, buyout candidates for the last quarter of 2012 and New York's probing of PE tax strategy.

Online care provider Care.com, has acquired Breedlove & Associates, a provider of comprehensive household payroll, tax and compliance services in the US. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Care.com recently secured a $50 million round led by Institutional Venture Partners. PRESS RELEASE Care.com, the largest online care destination in the world, today announced that […]

Start the day off with this morning's First Read to find out the most valuable company in the history of the world, the top ten VCs investing Russia and why Groupon was valued like a tech company.

Good morning Hub readers - click on today's First Read to find out more about Dunkin' Donut's sweet profit, Mayer's first month at Yahoo and what an exit is worth.

This morning's First Read brings you private equity to the rescue of Chinese listed companies, 3i bringing its debt management business Stateside and five reasons why St Petersburg is a leading tech hub.

Click on this morning's First Read to find out about Avalon Ventures' tenth fund, Mango Health's stellar fundraising and why venture capital is most definitely not broken.