Why Pharma Fears Social Networking (Brand Week)

Certain that Comcast will thrive despite turmoil (Philadelphia Inquirer)

NFL Network, Comcast Locked At Scrimmage Line
Long-Running Dispute Remains In FCC Limbo (Multichannel News)

Comcast Nets Support Inaugural U.S. Sports Film Festival
Comcast SportsNet, CN8, Versus Back This Week’s Event In Philadelphia (Multichannel News)

Moto Spinoff: On Or Off? (Forbes)

Marked-down leftovers (Inorganic Growth Blog)

SAP’s next big deal?
(Inorganic Growth Blog)




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People News



Verizon names new Pa. president (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Safeguard Scientifics President and CEO Named Chairperson of AeA Board of Directors (TechLinks)

Journal Register Company Appoints Acting Chief Financial Officer (Maketwire via MarketWatch)

Electronic Ink Hires Patrick Blake as Senior Vice President of Business Development
(PRNewswire)

Bentley Appoints Baker Egerton Vice President, Lead Generation (Bentley Systems Press Release)



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SaaS Integration: Real-World Problems, And How CIOs Are Solving Them (Information Week)

SaaS Integration Specialists Find Their Niches
From appliances to integration wizards, they're providing plenty of choices. (Information Week)




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Integration migrates to the cloud (ZDNet Blogs)
Tackling The SaaS Integration Challenge (Information Week)

SAP: We’re Still Spending on Tech
SAP wants to be clear: It isn’t halting strategic investments in information technology. (Wall Street Journal: Business Technology Blog)

Private equity buys flat in Phila area (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

ING expects $670 million loss for third
quarter (Associated Press via Business Week)
ING owns ING Direct, based in Wilmington.

Linens ’n Things throws in the towel
After filing for bankruptcy in May, Linens ‘n Things is throwing in the towel. (Internet Retailer)
A GSI Commerce client.

View from the Top - Greg Maffei, chief executive of Liberty Media (Financial Times)

Aline(TM) Wins Major Accounts for Q2-Q3 2008 (PR Newswire)

Enterprise and Service Oriented Architecture to drive aggressive growth at LiquidHub (India PR Wire)

Reports claim tampering risk in NJ voting machines (Princeton Packet)

The Lego Apple Store (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)




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Business Outlook Survey: October 2008 (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Google Profit Tops Estimates on Ad Sales; Shares Rise (Bloomberg)

PNC Financial earnings down 39% (Associated Press via Forbes)


SAP seeks limit on scope of TomorrowNow suit (Reuters)

Quality Systems Executes Agreement to Acquire Practice Management Partners (BusinessWire)

Vishay Slides On Reduced Q3 Outlook (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

FCC Will Vote On Pending Mergers On Election Day (Broadband Reports)

Help Me Decide: WiMax Or Comcast? (Information Week Blog)

Comcast Reduces Performance and Application Management Costs by 75 Percent With SevOne Solution (Marketwire)

Comcast Launches Tru2Way With Panasonic (Zatz Not Funny!)

Citi, Obopay team for mobile money transfers (Fierce
Mobile Content)


Contactless Payment Stickers Appear To Be Set for Prime Time (Digital Transactions)

ProfitPoint, Inc. Celebrates the Grand Opening of New 20,000 Sq Ft Corporate Headquarters in Clifton Heights, Pa. (GlobeNewswire via MarketWatch)

Layoffs at Philadelphia Style (Folio)

Fiberlink Launches Mobility as a Service Platform
Cloud-Based Platform and Portal Expands Reach and Lowers Cost of Mobile Operations Management (BusinessWire)



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SAP’s Big Freeze
Business-software giant SAP is freezing costs. (Wall Street Journal: Business Technology Blog)

GMAC Has Limited Funding, May Scale Back Outside U.S. (Bloomberg)

So what shall we do with the Philly Inquirer? (Virtual Economics)

First Round Capital Office Hours (and Free Coffee)
(Redeye VC)
They ought to do this in their Philly office also.

Comcast solvent, but its "hard pressed customers" aren't: analyst (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Federal Reserve Board Beige Book--Philadelphia--October 15 (Federal Reserve Board)

TV Guide Sold for a Buck (Advertising Age: Media
Works)

John Malone Sells Low (Business Week)

Panasonic, Comcast Launch Tru2way TVs (TWICE)

Insurer Gives Health Tips Via Facebook (Washington Post)

Thomson Reuters Launches Thomson Pharma KOLexperts(R) to Help the Pharmaceutical Industry Objectively Identify, Verify and Rank Scientific Experts, Product Advocates, Clinical Investigators and Key Opinion Leaders
(PRNewswire)

Global Pharma Integrates Imperium to Support Launch Content ROI Initiatives! (PharmaLive)

RTI International Selects the GenSight Group’s Portfolio Management Software to Provide Insights to Their Commercialization Portfolio (BusinessWire)

Jazzing up BPM (ARIS BPM Blog)

November 1st is a big day on the East Coast (Dangerously Awesome)




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SAP says unable to assess financial crisis fallout (Reuters)

SAP Launches SAP(R) EcoHub, a Community-Powered Solution Marketplace (PRNewswire)
SAP’s EcoHub, here’s the rub (ZDNet Blogs)

Patrick Walravens’ SAP/Teradata speculation doesn’t make much sense (DBMS2)
Teradata CEO Mike Koehler discussions spinoff from NCR, competition (Dayton Daily News)

Tough Times Lead Vishay To Pull Back On Expansion (Forbes)

Oracle’s acquisition of Primavera — It’s all about enterprise PPM (Construction Software Review)
Don't fear Oracle as it buys up Philly software: investor (Phlly.com: Philly Deals)

SPINACT Moves Operations to Ben Franklin TechVentures Incubator (BusinessWire)

Web 2.0 Implosion Imminent? (CMS Wire)

Clearwire Says Shareholder Vote Will Happen In Mid-November; Wants FCC To Approve Transaction Soon (mocoNews.net)

Heartland Leverages VeriFone for Tableside Payment (TMCnet)


Philadelphia Entrepreneurs Forge 21st Century Event to Inspire and Educate Future Business Founders (PRWeb)

UPenn student creates social network exclusively for college students (thebatt.com-Texas A&M)

New weekly online magazine Keystone Edge captures the story of the PA economy (POP City)

Please Touch Museum of Philadelphia Launches New Web Site with Electronic Ink
(PRNewswire via MarketWatch)




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Santander to Purchase Sovereign in $1.9 Billion Deal (Bloomberg)

SAP Denies Plans To Cut Sales Staff (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

We will see.

SAP: Layoffs Coming In Sales? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Forrester: Discontent persists over SAP maintenance hike
Users complain about lack of responsiveness to their requests for new features (Computerworld)

UPDATE 1-Vishay says terminates offer to buy IRF (Reuters)

Comcast’s Big HD Bang
After Years Of Preparation, Comcast Nets Set To Go Live With Five New HD Feeds (Multichannel News)

Comcast Systems Eyes 3.7% Rate Hike (Multichannel
News)

TV Guide Magazine Sold To OpenGate Capital; Online Still With Macrovision (paidContent)

Wells Fargo wins Fed approval on Wachovia bid (Reuters)

Citizens Bank parent Royal Bank of Scotland rescued (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Philly Inquirer asks j-schools to fund internships
(Poynter Online)

Princeton materials science center wins $20 million NSF award (News at Princeton)

E&C Medical Intelligence, Inc. Introduces New Reporting and Analytics Tool, the EC DataMgr(TM)
(PRNewswire)

Green Hat Enhances Testing for webMethods Green Hat Introduces First Test Automation for Stored Procedures (PRWeb)

ICG Commerce Comes To King Of Prussia (CoStar Group)
Actually, I think they are already in K of P. This must either be a local relocation or adding additional space.


Philadelphia: Robbins Diamonds Scavenger Hunt Promo Oct. 18 (Diamonds.net)




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Sovereign Bancorp May Get Buyout Offer From Spain's Santander (Bloomberg)