Links 1/8/2015: D & B acquires Edison Partners-backed NetProspex for $125 million; Jet.com readies launch

Amazon Bought This Man's Company. Now He's Coming for Them (Business Week)
Marc Lore's Jet.com is close to launch.

Say What? Texas Instruments to power Comcast voice recognition remote controls (Dallas Business Journal)

Google, Amazon Get Query From U.S. on Comcast’s Cable Merger (Bloomberg)


CRF Health Announces Investment by Vitruvian Partners to Support Growth (PR Newswire)
CRF Health's North American headquarters are located in Plymouth Meeting.

Dun & Bradstreet Acquires NetProspex to Deliver Largest Global Reach and Insight on Companies and the People Who Run Them (Marketwire)
Edison Partners has been the leading investor in Massachusetts-based NetProspex.


Fingerpaint moves Philadelphia office into larger space (Albany Business Review)

LG Electronics Partners with Dow to Commercialize LGs New Ultra HD TV with Quantum Dot Technology
(Business Wire)

Setting the tone for 2015: CRM begat Social CRM which begat customer engagement (Paul Greenberg/Enterprise Irregulars)

Oracle Challenges Spark Caution; Estimates Lowered (Investor's Business
Daily)