GL Trade Jumps Most Since 2002 on SunGard's $402 Million Offer (Bloomberg)
SunGard Press Release.

Comcast set for FCC D-day
(Reuters Blog)
Update: FCC formally rules Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent was illegal (CNET News)
FCC rules Comcast violated
Federal policy on Internet access (Associated Press via Google News)
Reactions to FCC's Comcast decision come fast and furious (ars technica)
FCC slams Comcast but too little too late? (ZDNet)

Passport Health Re-Recapped (Private
Equity Hub)
Passport Health has a significant portion of its operations in King of Prussia, stemming form its acquisition of Healthworks Alliance, Inc. in 2005.

CBaySystems says Costa Brava files claim against MedQuist stake buy (Thomson Financial via Hemscott)

CardioNet, Inc. Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Common Stock (BusinessWire)

Microsoft's Avenue A/Razorfish Seeks Old Media Business (Silicon Alley Insider)

Interview with RecycleBank CEO Ron Gonen (Fox Business/Video)

Hill International Acquires PCI Group (Hill International Press Release)

eResearchTechnology Inc. entered into a lease with NNN 1818 Market Street LLC for new office space at 1818 Market St., according to the CoStar Group The lease commences in November, 2008. The lease provides for approximately 59,400 square feet of space compared with about 40,000 square feet at its current facilities at 30 South 17th Street . The term of the lease is 11 years, with two 5-year renewal options.

Supply & Demand Chain Executive has published its 2008 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100, which focuses not so much on the biggest players but on what it calls ""next-wave" innovations in supply chain software, solutions and services".
Area companies making the list are Ascis Inc. of Marlton, MCA Solutions of Philadelphia, and Source One Management Services of Willow Grove.

Penny Stock: Journal Register Shares Hit One Cent (Editor & Publisher)


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SearchCamp Launches with PodCamp Philly in Philadelphia! (Search Marketing Gurus)




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Oracle to buy 125-employee division of Global Knowledge (Triangle Business Journal)
Global Knowledge Software is based in King of Prussia.

Assurant Strengthens Position in Wireless Service Contract Market by Acquiring Wireless Handset Service Provider Signal Holdings
(PRNewswire)

Appeals court rules for InterDigital in Nokia case (Reuters)

InterDigital Prevails Against Samsung in ICC Arbitration Proceeding (BusinessWire)

Kulicke & Soffa Announces Agreements to Acquire Orthodyne Electronics and Divest the K&S Wire Business Unit (BusinessWire)

Internet Capital Group Announces Second Quarter Financial Results (BusinessWire)

Motorola Announces Second-Quarter Financial Results (PRNewswire)


Yoh Talent Solutions Chosen by SAP Americas for Contingent Workforce Management Services (BusinessWire)

SAP opens the door to Rimini Street (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

CDI Corp. Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results and Announces Dividend (PRNewswire)

Tyco Electronics Toughens Up (Forbes)

BlackRock-Brandywine's Philly deal 'close' (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Greenhouse and Madden talk about their mutual missions (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Alphion, a Princeton Junction, NJ-based manufacturer of integrated photonic components, has raised $12.56 million of a $30 million Series E round, according to Private Equity Hub. The SEC filing listed only Tallwood Venture Capital as an outside investor.

Behind the Business Objects-Oco SaaS Deal (Intelligent Enterprise)

VINtek Achieves Record Growth in Down Market
Growth illustrates demand for direct-to-consumer technologies (BusinessWire)






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PhindMe, a Philadelphia-based startup providing mobile location-based services, recently filed a Regdex form with the SEC. This probably means they have completed a funding round, though I can't confirm that since I don't have a copy of the original paper form, only the cover sheet which is displayed online.
This coincides with an announcement today that PhindMe has hired three senior managers.



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Comcast's Profit Rises on Phone, Internet Customers (Bloomberg)

Comcast Takes Broadband Share
Strong HSI, Phone Adds Drive Quarter (Multichannel News)

Comcast Illegally Interfered With Web File-Sharing Traffic, FCC Says (Washington Post)

myYearbook, Leading Teen Destination Website, Raises $13 Million to Drive Growth and Build Out New Offerings (BusinessWire)

Teen social network myYearbook is growing fast and it just raised $13M, but is it more than a teen site? (VentureBeat)

Healthy merger for SDI, Verispan (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Cadient: 46 to 175 workers since '04
Ad agency puts its stock in digital, especially for health-care companies (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Bio-Imaging Technologies Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results (BusinessWire)

Tyco Electronics reports 3rd-quarter profit (Associated Press via Forbes)


LSGC acquires Lamina Lighting for $4.5M (Tech Confidential: The Deal)
Lamina Lighting was a spinoff from research done at Sarnoff Corporation.

iContracts Raises $4 Million (Private
Equity HUB)

Rosetta Acquires Interactive Marketing Agency Brulant
(PRNewswire)

Building a Better World in GeoWeb 2008, Part 2
(Cadalyst)
"I think the next technology merger in the industry will be CAD and GIS"- Google chief technology advocate Michael Jones.
Bentley and ESRI, perhaps?

SAP today and tomorrow: Bill McDermott shares his vision (SearchSAP.com

Marchex Launches Next-Generation Local Advertising Platform (BusinessWire via Reuters)
Platform integrates technology from its Philadelphia-based VoiceStar subsidiary.

Bank of America Announces Investment in Green Technology
Innovative heating and cooling service technologies expected to reduce bank's energy costs and carbon footprint by 50% more than traditional service methods (PRNewswire via MarketWatch)
To use Fairless Hills company's technology.
(Looking back on this release, I guess it means BOFA actually invested money in this company,rather than just agreeing to
use its technology. The release is a little vague on that point.)

Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter Ended June 30, 2008 (BusinessWire)

AGI Announces Software Component Libraries with Free Development Kits (PRNewswire)



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SAP Reports Earnings,
Raises Full-Year Revenue and Margin Forecast. (Bloomberg)

INTERVIEW-SAP sales chief sees US growth slowing (Reuters)

Friendly Fire: SAP Flubs the Maintenance Business (ZDNet Blogs)

IBM skirts ERP with ILOG buy (Network World)

SDI Acquires Verispan
Acquisition Creates Industry Leader in Patient-Level Data Analytics and Consulting Services (BusinessWire)

LLR Partners Raises $800 Million Private Equity Fund (BusinessWire)

Pennsylvania new equity fund's biggest investor (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Comcast Q2 Earnings Preview (Associated
Press via Forbes)

Comcast Spoiling for Fight With FCC (Wired)

NY AG: Comcast, NetZero Agree To Block Child Porn Access (Dow Jones via CNN Money)

Vishay Reports Results for Second Quarter 2008
(BusinessWire)
Loss due to non-cash write-down of goodwill.

Letting Unisys have its signage will signal city's economic rebirth (Philadelphia Inquirer: Opinion)
I don't know what all the fuss is about. The company may not be around much longer in its current form anyway.

Mergers and acquisitions in the quarter: Smaller, fewer (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Quattrone in Google Embrace Sees Vindication Haunted by E-Mail (Bloomberg)

Rohm and Haas Increases Investment in Taiwan with Expansion of Asia-Pacific Manufacturing Facility (BusinessWire)

WPCS Reports Record Revenue and $0.52 EPS for FY2008 (PRNewswire via Yahoo News)

GPS Gadgets Provide A Techy Tour Of Old City History (The Bulletin)




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AMETEK to Acquire Xantrex Programmable Power (Business Wire)

Verizon Profit Rises on Wireless Subscriber Growth (Bloomberg)
FiOS subscriber growth short of expectations.

'Triple play' getting harder to pull off
After blah quarter, Verizon takes its game to New York (Fortune)


Groups cheer reports of FCC acting against Comcast (Network World)

Motorola Creates New Divisions in Advance of Split (GigaOM)

Motorola Re-org (Media Experiences 2 Go/Motorola sponsored blog)

tru2way Gains Momentum
LG Electronics, Funai Electric formalize support for 'plug-and-play' digital sets. (Broadcasting & Cable)

IBM to acquire ILOG in $340 million deal (CNET News)

Oracle expands charges against SAP in lawsuit (Reuters)
Claims top executives were warned.

SAP defends forced price hike against user anger
'If you don't want it now, you will later' (The Register/UK)

Leftover Ad Space? Exchanges Handle the Remnants (New York Times/free subscription)
Mentions Philly startup Invite Media.

StarCite Launches Strategic Meeting Management Solutions for Small- and Mid-Sized Companies (BusinessWire)

A Means for Publishers to Put a Newspaper in Your Pocket (New York Times/free subscription)

Scopus Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results (PRNewswire)
Scopus has its North American headquarters in Princeton.

1&1 Offers RatePoint Rep Services (WebHost Industry News)
1&1 Internet's USA base is in Chesterbrook.

Vantage Learning’s Enhanced MY Access! Helps Teachers and Students Make the Grade Nationwide (BusinessWire)




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Mark Cuban: Tru2way Should Be More Open (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
"I don't care what anyone else says, but the Internet is boring." -Cuban.

Motorola to split Home and Networks Mobility unit into three parts (Associated Press via Google News)
Motorola Home and Network Mobility is based in Horsham.

Innovation Still At BI Forefront After Round Of Consolidation (Investor's Business Daily)

Biz Intelligence Has Busy Field (Investor's Business Daily)
Rundown of the major players.

Innovative Software and Technology Partnerships
(Sandhill.com/podcast)
With Bob Langer, President of Qliktech Americas and David van Toor, SVP and General Manager of Sage CRM Solutions

Software giant eyes 65% rise in regional revenue (Emirates Business 24/7)

Get iPhone availability updates every 15 minutes (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
I'm not sure that the app I saw earlier today is still up.

We are running out of places to put things (The Future of Storage-Dell sponsored site)
Includes discussion of potential nanotech data storage solution developed at Penn and Drexel.

$1.7 million Pa. spam scam outlined
Prosecutors say House Democrats used public funds for e-mail with campaign themes. (Philadelphia Inquirer)






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In the News




eResearchTechnology Names New Chief Financial Officer (GEN)

AMETEK Announces Three Executive Appointments (BusinessWire)

ActiveStrategy Names Director of Public Sector Consulting Practice (BusinessWire)

Aon Consulting Appoints New Local Market Leader in Northeast Region (PRNewswire)

Interphase Systems Responds to Increased Demand for Virtualization Services
The company appoints Lew Smith as Product Manager for Virtualization Solutions (BusinessWire)




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FCC set to punish Comcast
(Associated Press via Google News)

Chesco man charged in Iran deals (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Web Site still up.




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Two Interesting Blog Posts about iPhones and the King of Prussia Apple Store



Is this the New Apple? (ZDNet Blogs)


WARNING - Activation Monkeys Will Attack (MacRumors Forums)




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