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Veeva Seeks to Raise Up to $183 Million in Cloud Computing IPO (Bloomberg)
Based in Califonia, Veeva has a significant presence in the Philadelphia area.

Twitter Discloses Its I.P.O. Plans (New York Times: DealBook)

Accenture to Acquire Procurian Inc., Expanding Its Leading Capabilities in Procurement Business Process Outsourcing
(Business Wire)
Procurian, formerly ICG Commerce, is based in in King of Prussia and mostly owned by ICG.
Accenture will pay $375 million for it.

ICG Group Announces Procurian's Signing of a Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Accenture for $375 Million (Globe Newswire)
ICG says it will emerge from transaction as "Pure-Play Cloud Computing Company."

Accenture Acquires Procurian for $375M in Cash (Spend Matters)



Accenture procures procurement’s prize property: Procurian (Enterprise Irregulars)


Neat Acquires ProOnGo, Extending the Neat Digital Filing System (PR Newswire)

Comcast purchases Universal City tower for about $420 million (LA Times: Company Town)

These charts show Comcast acting more and more like a monopolist (Timothy B. Lee/Washington Post)


Inside the Focus Shakeup: Universal Plotted Peter Schlessel Move for Months (Analysis) (Hollywood Reporter)

QLIK, DATA: Demand Momentum Continues, Says Pac Crest; TIBX Has Upside (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)


IBM Acquires Xtify, A Mobile Messaging Company (TechCrunch)
Conshohocken-based SeventySix Capital was an investor. No clue on price yet. Xtify is based in New York.


Verizon brings cloud offering into self-service era (IT World)

Best Buy Updates Decade-Old Site to Double Online Sales
(Bloomberg)
Best Buy is a Monetate customer.

Fab Is Firing 100 People For The Second Time A Few Months After Raising $150 Million (Business Insider)