Daily Links 10/21/2011: Questions asked about Fisker Automotive

Ben Franklin expands start-up incubator
Addition is expected to help create up to 200 technology jobs in three years. (Allentown Morning Call)

Cantor speech at Wharton abruptly canceled (Politico)

What if Gartner is right? (Dennis Howlett/ZDNet Blogs)

Salesforce hires Bruce Richardson - this is a big deal (Dennis Howlett/ZDNet Blogs)


SAP And Oracle: Get Real About In-Memory Analysis (Information Week)

Car Company Gets U.S. Loan, Builds Cars In Finland (ABC News)
Fisker Automotive received a $529 million loan guarantee from the Federal government to produce electric cars in Delaware, but right now they are only being built in Finland. The Wilmington News Journal reports that the Delaware production plans have been pushed back to mid-2013, though Fisker takes some dispute with that. Conshohocken-based A&I Ventures has a small stake in Fisker.

Bernstein Research: Cable Deal Could Be T-Mobile 'Plan B'
Analysts say deal with Comcast, TWC for spectrum could be just the ticket (Multichannel News)


Inside Comcast’s massive IP VOD network (Gigaom)

Comcast No Longer Choking File Sharers’ Connections, Study Says (Wired: Threat Level)

Verizon's FiOS TV Subscriber Growth Slowed in Third Quarter (Hollywood Reporter)

Verizon Profit Doubles on Smartphones; User Gains Fall Short (Bloomberg)



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