LONDON, January 8 /PRNewswire/ -- January 2009: New research commissioned by dental payment plan provider, Denplan, has revealed that the Tooth Fairy is likely to become known as a miser this year as the amounts she leaves under pillows are slashed.

Children as well as adults will be worse off in 2009, as a new survey reveals that a third of parents in Great Britain said that the credit crunch would impact payments left by the Tooth Fairy by up to 10 per cent. That's an estimated GBP2 million yearly reduction in pocket money usually left out as a reward for milk teeth.

What is a bubble? As is often the case with language, one word can embody multiple meanings.  I am referring to the type of bubble emergent from large-scale social phenomena. It is generally a self-reinforcing process, where participants come to believe that by buying in or investing in some underlying thing, they will see increased value from that thing in the future.  It is self-reinforcing, because people who are initially on the sidelines will observe others who are participating making gains, and often feel compelled to join the fray lest they loose out.

NEW YORK, January 7 /PRNewswire/ --

Aisling Capital announced today that it raised US$650 million in committed capital for its newest life sciences fund, Aisling Capital III, LP. Aisling Capital will invest its third fund primarily in companies developing pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical products, as well as in businesses that provide drug development, manufacturing and other important services to the healthcare industry. With a total of over US$1.6 billion in committed capital under management, the Aisling Capital team will also continue to manage the Perseus-Soros BioPharmaceutical Fund, LP and Aisling Capital II, LP.