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DETROIT----Glencoe Capital today announced a $10 million equity investment in Grand Rapids, Mich.-based American Education Group through the Glencoe Capital Michigan Opportunities Fund.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/585813891</guid><pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:04:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wells Fargo Invests $208,000 to Develop Asian American Entrepreneurs (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090702/20090702005513.html?.v=1</link><description>SAN FRANCISCO----Wells Fargo said it will invest $208,000 in the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation for a national research study of the characteristics and interests among business owners in the six largest Asian American ethnic groups: Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1848268463</guid><pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:02:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>G&amp;K Services Completes New $300 Million Credit Facility (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090702/20090702005439.html?.v=1</link><description>MINNEAPOLIS----G&amp;K Services, Inc. has completed a $300 million, three-year revolving credit facility. 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