Unisys posts 4Q loss of $58 million on charges
(Associated Press via Forbes)
S&P cuts Unisys rating further into junk (Associated Press via MSN Money)

Vishay posts Q4 loss on charges, lower rev; shares fall (Reuters)

Verizon: LTE vendors need to deliver in 2009 (Muni Wireless)

Comcast sued by customer over set-top box requirement (Bloomberg via Contra Costa Times)

Comcast super bowl porn incident now with FBI (Fox 11 News)

Cable and Fiber-to-the-Home
(Media Experience 2 Go)

Senate negotiations may drop healthcare IT grant funding from $5B to $3B (Healthcare IT News)

Safeguard Secures Silicon Valley Bank Credit Agreement (Business Wire)

IBM Strikes Back At SAP, Embraces Rival Lawson (Silicon Alley Insider)

NetSuite fourth quarter better than expected (ZDNet Blogs)

Top Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Dailies Now Sharing Content (Editor & Publisher)

Rebuilding America's Job Machine
Industrial policy isn't dead. It's thriving in the states—and may be the start of a U.S. comeback strategy (Business Week)
Dicusses Pennsylvania and Ben Franklin Technology Partners.

Milestone Partners Raises Third Fund
(PE Hub)


Shunra Announces Continued Year over Year Growth in 2008, Finishing Year with Ninth Record Quarter (PR Newswire)

MetroCast Selects RCN Metro Solution to Expand Its Reach From Connecticut to New Hampshire, Reduces Internet Interconnection Costs and Increases Capacity
Marketwire via CNN Money)
MetroCast is a subsidiary of Frazer, PA based Harron Communications.



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Pharma Week



This could be called "Pharma Week" in Philadelphia. In town are the ePharma Summit at the Hyatt Regency at Penn's Landing, the Clinical Trials Conference at Loews, the DIA Conference for Electronic Data Management at the Downtown Marriot, and Pharmaceutical Managed Markets Insights & Marketing for the Pharmaceutical Industry, also at the Loews. There may be a couple of smaller conferences I"m missing, as well.
Philly area Healthcare IT vendors are probably very busy giving demos or presentations, or meeting with clients and potential clients.There is also bound to be plenty of conversation about the prospects for further consolidation in Pharma in the wake of the Pfizer/Wyeth deal, as well as the implications of Obama administration policy towards Healthcare and Healthcare IT.
While Healthcare IT proponents are generally enthusiastic about the $20 billion directed towards it in the stimulus bill, I would be wary about the extent to which provisions of the bill may centralize control of a National Healthcare IT architecture at the Federal level. That could be a recipe for disaster.



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Shell Seeks Organic Growth Within The Comcast Programming Group (Multichannel News: Video)

Comcast Serves Up Local Sports Fans
(New York Times)

Moody's says may upgrade Comcast (Reuters)

Comcast's Net-Video Unit Offers Bandwidth Price Breaks
ThePlatform Offers Pre-negotiated Bandwidth, Storage Rates (Multichannel News)

Rohm & Haas 4Q Net Dives 82% On Charges, Weak Demand (Dow Jones via CNN Money)

USA Technologies Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results (Business Wire)

CDI cuts Q4 outlook (Reuters)

Roche CIO on SAP, consultants, certification, and system integrators (ZDNet Blogs)

Is AlcaLu's FiOS Share Slipping? (Light Reading)
Motorola may stand to gain.

Time Warner Cable Explores Fiber To The Home
Issues RFI for next-gen FTTH technologies for new developments... (Broadband Reports)

People at Proxus stand at the ready
HR provider employs simple technique: Hands-on service (Philadelphia Business Journal)

ClickEquations Paid Search Platform - The Feb ‘09 Release (ClickEquations Blog)

Philly skyscraper project battles cloudy economy (Associated Press via San Jose Mercury News)



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People News

Ex-Comcast Exec Doyle Joins RCH Cable Board
Former Comcast Division Chief to ‘Create New Initiatives' at RCH (Multichannel News)

SpringSource Expands Executive Team with New Vice President of Product Management
Former Red Hat/JBoss Executive to Head Product Management for Leading Enterprise Open Source Java Software Company
(Business Wire)

ISA Consulting to Expand Services Internationally
With a leading presence in the United States, ISA Consulting seeks to bring its expertise to new clients in its new Toronto office
(Business Wire)

Cubist Media Group Adds Business Development Director Roger Baker (Philly Ad Club News)




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Rohm Says Dow Has ‘Resources’ to Complete Merger (Bloomberg)

Microsoft's Razorfish Cuts Another 70 (Silicon Alley Insider)
No indication of any cuts in Philly, which has been relatively unaffected by the slump due to the strength of the interactive
pharma marketing business.

Digitas Health Named Medical Marketing & Media's All-Star Agency of Year (Philly Ad Club News)

Cities Not Interested in Comms Funding (Dispatch Magazine)
Philadelphia led all the cities with $150 million in public safety communications requests.

Penn Study Shows How Electronic Medical Records Can Be Used to Test Drug Efficacy (insciences.org)

What I Learned At Davos: How Networking And Feedback Loops Can Make A Better World
(TechCrunch)




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Quick Poll: Many Smaller Banks Hit By Heartland Breach (Washington Post: Security Fix)

Designer melds fashion, electronics
(Associated Press via Wenatchee World)




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IDS Scheer publishes figures for fiscal 2008 and creates basis in 2009 for future growth (Ad Hoc News)

Three Top Salesforce.com Execs Depart, Including President (Silicon Alley Insider)

SAP: HP Consultants Know What They're Doing, IBM And Accenture Don't (Silicon Alley Insider)

View from the Top - Leo Apotheker, co-chief executive of SAP (Financial Times)

Comcast Widens Wideband Footprint
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Verizon wins Phila. franchise (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Dow-Rohm merger standoff takes heated turn (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Looking For Visionary Entrepreneurs
An Interview With Steve Barsh And David Bookspan Of DreamIt (The Bulletin)

Inside The Deal: Advanta's Kassar gives small businesses a hand (The Deal: Dealscape)
Usually, when a company cuts 1/3 of its employees, the "Chief Innovation Officer" is one of the first to go.

State opens probe of Ticketmaster concert sales (NorthJersey.com)

Mobile Marketing Solution Debuts (PR Web)

OES to Provide NYSE Euronext Members a CMS to CCG Conversion Solution (Business Wire)



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Clearwire's Cloudy Future (Forbes)



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SAP’s Apotheker takes on shoddy consultants, certifications (ZDNet
Blogs)

SAP Launches "Business Suite 7" - Are Customers Buying it? (Feeding the SAP Ecosystem)

SAP’s goose gander theory (ZDNet Blogs)

Philly Council OKs Verizon FiOS TV
Mayor Nutter Must Sign 15-Year Franchise Agreement Into Law Before Telco Can Compete In Comcast's Backyard (Multichannel News)

Satyam board appoints management, raises funds (Network World)

Urban Outfitters 4Q same-store sales dip 1 percent (Associated Press via Forbes)

IMS Health sharply boosts Q4 profit on cost cuts,
as revenues decline (Associated Press via Forbes)

Big Rohm investor urges Dow to get moving (Philadelphia Inquirer)

They, robot
Lockheed Martin engineers worked with students for a regional competition. (Burlington County Times)

The Technology Collaborative Releases New Request for Proposals Plans $1.5M in Grants to PA-based Companies and Universities (PR Web)

Stu Bykofsky: Newspapers must end the free online lunch (Philadelphia Daily News)

Franklin Electronic Publishers Reports Profitable Third Quarter Results (PR Newswire)

Author Gladwell marks nonprofit's anniversary (Philadelphia Inquirer)

AP Claims Shepard Fairey's Obama Poster Infringes on Copyright
(Photo District News)

IBM, Google Health Aim to Blow Medical Records Wide Open (Read Write Web)

Usability Study Compares Google Health & HealthVault (Chilmark Research)



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SAP launches Business Suite 7 (Network World)
SAP BusinessSuite 7: Twittery clouds? (ZDNet Blogs)
SAP launches biggest software upgrade in 3 years (Reuters)

U.S. Army tries out Salesforce.com in recruiting (Computerworld)

In Second Vote, House Delays Digital TV Transition (Washington Post)

Self-Help for Startups
Ultra Light Startups is giving entrepreneurs—many of them newly laid-off employees—a chance to test their pitches on an audience of their peers (Business Week)
An idea for Philly? I know there are a couple of things here somewhat like this, but not in this particular format I believe.

InterDigital Unveils SlimChip Embedded HSPA Modules for Fast-Growing Smartphone, MID, and UMPC Markets (Business Wire)

SAS Achieves Record Revenue: $2.26 Billion in 2008 (Business Wire)

InfoLogix Has Record Revenue in 2008 and Unveils 2009 Strategic Plan
Continued Strategic Focus On Healthcare and SAP Mobility Markets Projected to Drive Double-Digit Organic Revenue Growth, Profitability in 2H 2009 (Globe Newswire)

C&D Technologies Announces Actions to Reduce Costs in Response To Weakening Market Conditions (PR Newswire)

D&E sets sweeping cost cuts
No job cuts for now. (Lancaster Online)

TWC in '09: Job Cuts, WiMax & Wideband (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Emerald Asset Management Holds Annual Investment Forum (Business Wire)

Longview Solutions Positioned in 'Visionaries' Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites by Leading Analyst Firm Evaluation based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute (PR Web)

Constar Unveils i-Design™ Automated Package Development Process at The Packaging Conference
A package that traditionally requires 40 hours to create, Constar's i-Design™ does in minutes (Business Wire)



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