Daily Links 2/14/2012: Fed approves ING Direct deal; Amazon warehouse to open in Delaware

Fed Approves Capital One’s Deal for ING Direct (New York Times: DealBook)

eBay vs Amazon: decentralized vs centralized e-commerce (Chris Dixon)

Amazon To Open 1 Million-Square-Foot, $90 Million Fulfillment Center In Delaware (TechCrunch)

Amazon commits to Del. warehouse; impact on possible N.J. investment unknown (NJBIZ)
Replaces earlier NJBIZ story posted here that may not have been completely accurate.

Amazon's Quidsi mulls more stores, starts Casa.com (Reuters)

John Doerr’s Patient Health Care Start-Up Gains Momentum (New York Times: Bits)
Highmark, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and Independence Blue Cross partner with Lumeris to buy NaviNet.

Optum takes health care to the cloud (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Protesters seek to get Al-Jazeera on Comcast (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Group takes petition to Comcast Center.

Earnings Preview: Comcast to Report 4Q Earnings (AP via ABC News)

NBC Universal's New Olympics Challenge: Screen-Jumping
NBCU Partners With Google, ComScore to Analyze Tech-Savvy Olympics Fans (Ad Age)


Inside the Phillies: Phils swinging for fences with next TV deal (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Fed's Plosser Warns Against Keeping Rates Low For Longer (Reuters via CNBC)
Speaking at University of Delaware.

Synygy Reports Across-the-Board Growth for 2011 (Business Wire)

SAS Prepares Hadoop-Powered In-Memory BI Platform (Information Week)

Cloud Software Consolidation – Is it all good? (Brian Sommer/Enterprise Irregulars)



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