Daily Links 10/23/2012: Tax incentives aimed at bringing Oracle jobs to PA ready for Corbett's signature

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Tax incentive to lure software maker Oracle to Pennsylvania awaits Gov. Corbett's signature (Philadelphia Inquirer)

SAP, Oracle negotiations: It's complicated (ZDNet)

SAP’s Gilroy bullish on channel growth (ChannelBuzz.ca)

Ametek raises full-year profit forecast again
(Reuters)
Also announces it will buy Micro-Poise Measurement Systems for $170 million.

Tely Labs Dials Up New Video Conferencing Solution for Business With Strategic Investments From Comcast Ventures and Rogers Venture Partners (Marketwire)

Comcast forms CoMPASS team to develop next generation user interfaces (FierceCable)


McSlarrow Getting New Operational Post At Comcast/NBCU: Sources (Multichannel News)

Netflix's third-quarter earnings tumble amid global expansion (LA Times)
Netflix shares down 16% in after hours.

Comcast, NBC and the NHL lockout (Philadelphia Inquirer: Broad Street Bull)

Zagster Raises $1,000,000 to Accelerate National Rollout of Bike Sharing Programs for Hotels, Employers and Real Estate Managers (Marketwire)
Now based in Cambridge, MA, Zagster was originally founded in Philadelphia as CityRyde.

InterDigital’s Standardized M2M Technologies Power Multi-Vendor Machine-to-Machine Demonstrations and Interoperability Testing at ETSI Forum (Business Wire)

Healthcare IT venture capital and M&A hold strong in Q3 2012 (Healthcare Finance News)



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Daily Links 3/9/2011: ING preparing to sell Wilmington-based ING Direct USA

SAP ups its in-memory computing ante (Computerworld)

Apotheker Seeks to Save HP's `Lost Soul' With Expansion in Cloud Software (Bloomberg)


ING preparing to sell Wilmington-based ING Direct USA (Reuters)
Price could be as high as $10 billion, according to some reports.

Fresh off budget, Corbett tours Microsoft Technology Center (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Along with Steve Ballmer.

IBM Names Smarter Cities Winners (Information Week)
Philadelphia one of the initial 24.


Comcast Sees Bucks In Premium Tech Support
MSO's Xfinity Signature Support Service Priced From $4.95 to $19.95 per Month (Multichannel News)

Comcast, Zoom Settle Dispute Over Modem Certification
Manufacturer Had Complained MSO's Testing Requirements Were Unreasonable (Multichannel News)

Comcast Corp. hires cable industry lobbyist to oversee D.C. efforts (LA Times: Company Town)

SAP sees BI on tablets gaining ground with mobile workers
Software maker has 3,500 iPads in the field connected to business intelligence software (Computerworld)

Sprint CEO Hesse: 4G strategy shortly, Clearwire is included (ZDNet Blogs)

Baltimore becoming a "Startup City" (Baltimore Sun: BaltTech)
Starting a DreamIt Ventures-like incubator program this summer.

Philly Pro Launches Smaller Shop To Avoid Registration (PE Hub)



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