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singletext[0]+=['<span class="date">November 17, 2008</span><span class="news"><br />FT Partners Advises European Capital Markets Technology Leader on Global Expansion Initiatives<br /><a href=\"transactions/index.cfm">More Info >></a><br /><br /></span>'];
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singletext[0]+=['<span class="date">October 30, 2008</span><span class="news"><br />FT Partners Advises FTEN on its Minority Investment led by Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse<br /><a href=\"transactions/FTP_PR_FTEN_2008.pdf\">More Info >></a><br /><br /></span>'];
singletext[0]+=['<span class="date">September 28, 2008</span><span class="news"><br />FT Partners&lsquo; Founder Named to Institutional Investor&lsquo;s Most Influential People and Top Investment Banker in Online Finance<br /><a href=\"II-OnlineFinance40.pdf\">More Info >></a><br /><br /></span>'];
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