LinkedIn links up with Goldman Sachs, SAP and McGraw-Hill (San Jose Mercury News)
SAP invests in LinkedIn (IDG
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Vertex and SAP Make Tax Management Less Taxing for Small Businesses
Vertex’s Acclaimed Tax Technology Software Integrated With SAP, and Now Available On-Demand (Business Wire)

Oracle, SAP Offer 15% Discounts to Retain Clients (Bloomberg)

Technitrol Reports Improved Results in Q308, Announces Cost-Saving Measures (Business Wire)

Comcast's cyberteam helps customers get problems solved (Associated Press via Google News)

DirecTV blimp buzzes by Comcast HQ (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

BofA card unit posts $373 million loss (Wilmington News Journal)

IMS Health profits rise 33% in third quarter
(Associated Press via Forbes)

GSI Commerce Q3 Tops Forecast; Stifel, Jefferies Upgrade (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

As Google Phone Hits Stores, PhindMe® Launches Mobile Marketing Suite of Tools for Agencies and Resellers to Private Label (Business Wire)

Blue Cross giant buys TMG Health (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Merck slashes 7,200 jobs, pursues more customer-centric selling model (Medical Marketing & Media)
Not sure what a "more customer-centric selling model" is.

AstraZeneca, Cognizant Announce a Five-Year Deal; Expand Their Global Services Partnership
(PR Newswire)

OrganizedWisdom Launches Health Provider WisdomCards Helping Patients Find Vital Research, Reviews and Web Sites on the Top Practicing Physicians, Dentists and Psychologists in the US (Organized Wisdom Press Release)

SunGard announces UK expansion plans (Continuity Central)

Go to College, Play Video Games and Get a Degree? How Cool Is That! (Jewish Exponent)
Good rundown of the different academic programs in the area.

Geekadelphia Interview: Ed Fleming, Exec. Dir. of the VGXPO (Geekadelphia)