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McGinty takes Element slot (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Mooney Elevated to Vice President of Sales for ISA Consulting (Business Wire)

CardioNet Appoints Matthew Margolies Senior Vice President of Sales (Business Wire)

SunGard Appoints James Weber EVP of Assent Trading Brokerage Operations (FinanceTech)




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The Three Caballeros?–Bostock, Ballmer and…Bewkes? (All Things Digital: BoomTown)

I wonder if this could have anything to do with the timing of Microsoft's unwinding of its 7%+ stake in Comcast, though I'm not
sure why it would. At last report, Microsoft had more than $20 billion in cash and short-term investments.


High price for free access to vote data (Philadelphia Daily News)





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Apple setting sights on first Philadelphia store? (MacNN)

There have been several rumors like this before, so I will remain a little skeptical until there is stronger confirmation.




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United Nations looks to SAP for ERP system (Network World)

Finally, Pictures Of Flight 1549 Landing On Hudson (Silicon Alley Insider)




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Andrew Wyeth’s Last Interview
(Philadelphia Magazine: The Daily Examiner)





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SAP pays Sun to keep Java on NetWeaver alive (The Register UK)

Microsoft Dumps 7.3% Stake In Comcast (Silicon Alley Insider)

Kevin Martin's Greatest Hits (Light
Reading: Cable Digital News)

Retirement Living TV Gets Boost
Comcast Deal Will Expand Audience as More Marketers Pursue Older Crowd (Wall Street Journal)

Comcast Adds 3 HD Channels In Philly (TVPredictions.com)

Aline(TM) Wins Major Accounts in Q4 2008 (PR Newswire)

Jack Horner Communications leaving Pittsburgh for Philadelphia (Pittsburgh Business Times)

Valley will help launch job Web site (Allentown Morning Call)
I'm not sure why the Government needs to do this.

Business incubator offers support and encouragement (Gloucester County Times)



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Another BarCamp appears to be in the works for Philadelphia. BarCamp
NewsInnovation-Philly is scheduled for April 25 at Temple. I'm not sure yet exactly what it will cover, but obviously it will be oriented towards journalism/media 2.0 kinds of issues.
HealthCamp Philadelphia is slated for some time in the spring, though I don't believe an official date or venue have been publically announced yet.



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Circuit City to be liquidated: report (Reuters)
Timeline of Circuit City Stores Inc. (Associated Press via Google News)

I worked for Circuit City one summer at its headquarters back in its heyday. They built an impressive model for selling consumer electronics and were the dominant force in the industry for more than a decade. I think I recall that their stock had the highest return during the 1980's. Unfortunately, Best Buy developed a better, lower cost model and Circuit City failed to adapt. Now, it appears they are gone.




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January 2009 Business Outlook Survey (Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank)
Philadelphia Fed launches new index to measure change in business conditions (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Motorola to cut 4,000 more jobs, sees weak sales (Reuters)

Charter Misses Payments On Some Senior Notes (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

FCC Boss Martin Leaving For Aspen Institute (Silicon Alley Insider)

Schoolwires raises $12 million for school web site management (VentureBeat)
Schoolwires is based in State College.

RSVP, Haley merged like a comet
As Allied Pixel they took broad steps to alert, reassure clients (Philadelphia Business Journal)

SPINACT launching online knowledge service next month, hiring in '09 (Keystone Edge)

NY officials find wireless network still deficient (Associated Press via Forbes)

SAP upgrades proceeding but maintenance end a factor (Network World)

Retailers seeking more value from existing SAP applications ( SearchSAP.com)

PRWT Taps Mark Schweiker to Head Business Process Outsourcing; Outlines Aggressive Growth Strategy for Enterprise (Business Wire)

Ingres Corporation Selects Boomi AtomSphere for Optimal SaaS Integration and Connectivity (Marketwire)

Unisys Awarded RFID III Contract by U.S. Department of Defense for Radio Frequency Identification Technology (Business Wire)

Don't Hoard Performance Data (Network World:
Community)

Park City Group Completes Acquisition of Prescient Applied Intelligence (Business Wire)

Five-county region sees relative advantage in Einstein name (Newark Star-Ledger)




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Samsung to pay $400 mln for InterDigital licences (Reuters)




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Oracle layoffs not just ex-BEA workers, indicate slowdown (Computerworld)
100 layoffs last week by SAP also reported.




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