Links 12/19/2013: EBay's strategy for taking on Amazon; Why TWC's NY biz could attract Comcast

EBay’s Strategy for Taking On Amazon
(NY Times Magazine)
Includes discussion of role of King of Prussia-based EBay Enterprise.

For Comcast, Time Warner Cable's New York unit could be big business (LA Times: Company Town)

NBCU’s Olympics Coverage To Rely Heavily on Digital (Variety)




BlackBerry’s CEO hires two more of his former colleagues (Globe & Mail)
More former SAP/Sybase executives. Follows announcement that former SAP mobile boss John Sims would lead its global enterprise business.

Two analytics start-ups say they to discern what consumers want (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Nevels, Comcast's Angelakis Appointed to Lead Philly Fed Board of Directors (Philly Fed)

December 2013 Business Outlook Survey (Philly Fed)

Philly Manufacturing index recovers slightly in December (Marketwatch)


IBM acquires Aspera and its tech for moving massive files to the cloud (Gigaom)

Building products company halts SAP project, citing strategy shift (PC World)