Kuwait cancels $17 bln deal with Dow Chemical (Reuters)
Nail in the coffin of Rohm & Haas acquisition?
Rohm and Haas Issues Statement on Merger with Dow (Business Wire via Philly.com)
H.P. Pushes Forward in Data Warehousing Project (New York Times)
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Carty-Sipp Upped at Comcast Sports Group
Promoted to senior VP of creative services, overseeing on-air look of regional sports networks (Broadcasting & Cable)
Business People
(Wilmington News Journal)
Motorola's Ray Sokola honored.
Delaware Valley HR Person of the Year Promoted
Vertex Promotes Barbara Dyson to Vice President of Human Resources (Business Wire)
Vishay Elects Ronald M. Ruzic to Board of Directors
(Business Wire)
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Infoworld recently named its top 100 global IT projects of 2008. Three projects by Philly-area companies made the cut:
CSL Behring (King of Prussia): Real Time Patient Reporting Project
"CSL Behring developed HeliTraxSM to help physicians track the self-administered treatment progress of hemophilia patients remotely, tapping and encrypting an Internet-based database, an electronic diary, AT&T smartphones, and security software from Trust Digital to ensure HIPAA compliance."
Project lead: Sheila Burke, Director of Communications & PR, Worldwide Commercial Operations
http://www.cslbehring.com
Scientific Division of Thomson Reuters (Philadelphia): IP Research and Analysis
"Thomson Reuters developed Thomson Innovation, an intellectual property research and analysis tool that required Thomson Reuters to develop a new information architecture, search functionality, and RIA interface, then integrate the resultant system with data, identity, e-commerce, and order fulfillment infrastructures."
Project lead: Eftim Pop-Lazarov, VP of Technology
http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com
Unisys (Blue Bell): Information Sharing Initiative
Used "Microsoft Office SharePoint Server to develop its Portfolio Center platform, integrating the company's engagement knowledge database and its 3-D blueprint repository, plus additional sales and delivery assets, to disseminate up-to-date information and expertise to field staff ".
Project lead: Dr. Suzanne Taylor, Portfolio Director
http://www.unisys.com
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Which SAP Industry Solution is the Hottest? A JonERP.com Exclusive (JonERP.com)
No word yet whether GMAC has cleared final hurdle for bailout money (Canadian Press via Google News)
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Video Wall of Fame (YouTube)
A seven-part series.
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Comcast sued for not selling set-top boxes, CableCARDs (ars technica)
Wal-Mart confirms iPhone 3G for Sunday, $2 off (VentureBeat)
Oracle's edge (Fortune)
Amid Tech's Bleating, SAP's Got Bark (TheStreet.com)
TelVue gets new CEO
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Muni WiFi flop a bad omen for FCC's free wireless plan
Philadelphia freedom (ars technica)
Fed grants GMAC ability to seek bailout funds (Associated Press via via Google News)
Hard to tell what will be left of its mortgage operations in Montgomery County.
Aria Systems is singing its own praises
Software company to use round of venture capital to impress customers (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Rewarded For Recycling
What's the reward for recycling? How about groceries? (Forbes)
Interview with co-founder of RecycleBank.
Princeton researchers discover new type of laser (News at Princeton)
MBA Student Venture Capital Fund Seeking Startups For Investment Consideration
(Penn State Smeal College of Business)
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Pressure grows on IDS Scheer owner (Reuters)
Harmonic To Buy Scopus For $51 Million
Acquires Video-Encoder Vendor to Diversify Markets and Customer Base (Multichannel News)
Scopus has its North American headquarters in Princeton.
Brian Tierney Gets Into The Holiday Spirit Drinking From A Half-Full Mug (Reality Bites Back)
A bug in Classrooms for the Future (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Skura completes divestment deal with IMS (PharmaLive)
Synygy Selected by Akcelerant Software for Data Hosting and Business Continuity Services (Business Wire)
Infonetics Research: Cisco on Motorola's heels in IP set-top-box market; 3Q IPTV/SDV equipment up 6% (Marketwire)
Agilent workers in Del. prepare for pay cuts (Wilmington New Journal)
Bentley Publishes Digital and Print Versions of ‘The Year in Infrastructure 2008’ (Business Wire)
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Unisys Announces Actions to Reduce Cost Base by More Than $225 Million Annually (Business Wire)
Real Estate Wrap: Unisys exploring way to escape move to Center City (Philadelphia Business Journal)
The top SAP stories of 2008 (SearchSAP.com)
Maverick raises $1.5M in first VC raising (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
Newspapers to sell buildings, but who's buying? (Associated Press via Google News)
Zycus Posts 122 Percent Growth in First Half (Business Wire via Philly.com)
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