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CNN Headline News For Breaking News
By Vic Romano
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First hackathon offers prizes in addition to VC exposure
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/keyboard_fingers_hackathon_315*100.jpg?v=1'>The Cereal Hack set for Sacramento at beginning of June has more has $1,000 available in prizes for its participants. A hackathon is an event where small groups are assembled into teams to create, develop and deliver an application after many hours of non-stop effort. As I wrote in the May 11 print edition, it is thought to be the first large-scale open hackathon in Sacramento, but hackathons are a growing trend across the country. The events are big in Silicon Valley, where companies literally...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
HP planning 25,000 to 30,000 job cuts
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/denver/news/HewlettPackardHPLogoWeb2*100.jpg?v=1'>Hewlett-Packard Co. will reportedly announce plans to cut between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs over the next year or so when it posts earnings next week. Reports that cite unnamed sources on AllThingsDigital, Bloomberg and Business Insider vary on the size of the work force reduction at Palo Alto-based HP (NYSE: HPQ). The restructuring will reportedly include a number of voluntary retirement packages, with AllThingsDigital putting that number at about 5,000 people. Business Insider reported that its...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Micron stock jumps after chip order reports
Reports that Apple Inc. is making large chip orders with Elpida Memory Inc. have spiked interest in Micron Technology Inc.?s stock. Micron was one of the most actively traded stocks today, according to the Associated Press . Micron (NASDAQ: MU) last week won the exclusive right to purchase Elpida Memory of Japan for 200 billion Yen, or $2.5 billion. Debt forced Japanese chip maker Elpida to file bankruptcy protection in February. As part of the deal, Micron will keep two factories in Japan....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Rackwise extends contract with Stanford accelerator
Rackwise Inc. signed a renewal and expansion of its contract with the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, The Stanford Linear Accelerator is operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy. The particle research laboratory has been using Rackwise data center infrastructure management since 2009, and it is expanding its use of the software to model power use. Rackwise (OTC: RACK.OB) is based in Folsom. The company moved its headquarters this month from San Francisco. ?We...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
ED GOLDMAN: An unethical budget move?
Quibbles & Bits ? Did your parents ever send you to the store with a detailed list of what you were supposed to buy and the money to do so? And if so, did you follow their instructions ? or did you do what California and several other states are trying to do: use the dough for something else? As is being reported everywhere, Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to use the $400 million the banking industry coughed up in our direction not to provide mortgage relief and reduce home foreclosures, as...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Reports: Energy efficiency should pay off for state
As California policymakers discuss how to spend revenue generated by the state?s soon-to-be-launched carbon market, four related studies providing legal and economic analysis of different investment scenarios were released late Wednesday, Melanie Turner writes. How the money is spent will have implications for the state?s economy and future, said F. Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization which commissioned the four studies. ....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Sutter gold mine slideshow
Officials with Sutter Gold Mining Inc. recently officially kicked off construction at a gold mill expected to go online later this year at the Lincoln Mine. Staff writer Mark Anderson has a slideshow of photos from the event, including workers actually breaking apart rock. ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Capital Public Radio hires state government reporter
Capital Public Radio has hired longtime journalist Amy Quinton to fill a state government reporter position, the news and information organization announced Wednesday, Melanie Turner writes on the media beat. Quinton comes from New Hampshire Public Radio, where she was an environmental reporter and interim news director. ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Upscale online pet retailer debuts in Rocklin
An online, upscale pet retailer is opening its first bricks-and-mortar store in Rocklin today. PoshPuppyBoutique.com customers can pick up their online purchases as well as shop in the store, according to the company. ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
State new jobless claims rise; nation's stay steady
The number of people filing new jobless claims across the country was stagnant at 370,000, with no change from the previous week, according to a weekly report from the U.S. Department of Labor. California, however, saw an increase in new claims of 1,613. ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>

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PJM plans $2B in grid upgrades
PJM Interconnection said Thursday that its board of directors has approved more than 130 upgrades worth nearly $2 billion to the transmission grid it manages. The Valley Forge, Pa.-based grid operator and power wholesaler said the upgrades are necessary because of plans by generation companies on its grid to retire nearly 14,000 megawatts of generation capacity between May 2012 and the end of 2015. The capacity being retired consists mostly of older, coal-burning power plants, which are dirty and...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=yJKJZBKdmXI:r5tDAzFH9-M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=yJKJZBKdmXI:r5tDAzFH9-M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=yJKJZBKdmXI:r5tDAzFH9-M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=yJKJZBKdmXI:r5tDAzFH9-M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=yJKJZBKdmXI:r5tDAzFH9-M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=yJKJZBKdmXI:r5tDAzFH9-M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Firm trying to fight off GlaxoSmithKline takeover
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2010/11/16/Human-Genome-Sciences-HQ_web*100.jpg?v=1'>Human Genome Sciences Inc, which has rejected a hostile $13-per-share offer from GlaxoSmithKline, has adopted a short-term stockholder rights plan to fend off such unwanted attention. Rockville, Md.-based Human Genome (NASDAQ:HGSI) said in a statement announcing the plan that it had declared a dividend of one share purchase right for each share of the company's common stock held of record at the close of business on May 29. Human Genome said that the rights plan was "intended to allow the company...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=z7F-cE8p0zE:z8b1elkninI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=z7F-cE8p0zE:z8b1elkninI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=z7F-cE8p0zE:z8b1elkninI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=z7F-cE8p0zE:z8b1elkninI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=z7F-cE8p0zE:z8b1elkninI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=z7F-cE8p0zE:z8b1elkninI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
The Barnes Foundation?s new home: Slideshow
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/peter-van-allen/1%20barnes%20and%20skyline*100.jpg?v=1'>The Barnes Foundation?s new site in Philadelphia will open this weekend. After a 10-year process that included legal wrangling and the raising of $200 million, the Barnes moved its art collection from suburban Merion, Pa., to a brand new, 93,000-square-foot building on the Ben Franklin Parkway. The collection includes works by Matisse, Picasso, van Gogh, Cezanne, Renoir, Prendergast, Monet and other masters. It will open to the public on Saturday. On Wednesday, officials unveiled the new site...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=EAF-W5wkx3w:3ZtBF828zm4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=EAF-W5wkx3w:3ZtBF828zm4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=EAF-W5wkx3w:3ZtBF828zm4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=EAF-W5wkx3w:3ZtBF828zm4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=EAF-W5wkx3w:3ZtBF828zm4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=EAF-W5wkx3w:3ZtBF828zm4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Comcast raising customers' Internet data limit
Comcast Corp. said Thursday it will raise its data transmission limit on residential Internet customers from 250 gigabytes per month. The Philadelphia-based telecommunications, media and entertainment giant said in a post on its blog that it will test two approaches, both of which will allow customers to send and receive at least 300 GB of data per month. One approach will give customers of its three cheapest Internet service plans a cap of 300 GB and give customers of more expensive plans higher...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=XUm-nzGA0BA:al0_VvAwdss:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=XUm-nzGA0BA:al0_VvAwdss:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=XUm-nzGA0BA:al0_VvAwdss:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=XUm-nzGA0BA:al0_VvAwdss:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=XUm-nzGA0BA:al0_VvAwdss:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=XUm-nzGA0BA:al0_VvAwdss:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Foreclosure filings up in Phila. region, down nationally: RealtyTrac
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/denver/THINKSTOCKForeclosureForecloseCar315*100.jpg?v=1'>Foreclosure filings declined nationally in April but rose locally, according to RealtyTrac, the California company that tracks the data. RealtyTrac said foreclosure filings ? default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions ? were reported on 188,780 U.S. properties in April, the lowest monthly total since July 2007. April foreclosure activity decreased 5 percent from the previous month and was down 14 percent from April 2011. One in every 698 U.S. housing units had a foreclosure...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=AmW2I5cBLgA:jtUFriw3ByQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=AmW2I5cBLgA:jtUFriw3ByQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=AmW2I5cBLgA:jtUFriw3ByQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=AmW2I5cBLgA:jtUFriw3ByQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=AmW2I5cBLgA:jtUFriw3ByQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=AmW2I5cBLgA:jtUFriw3ByQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
IBC Foundation donates money to PCOM center in Phila.
The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Healthcare Center, Lancaster Avenue division, received a $50,000 grant from the Independence Blue Cross Foundation to implement a patient-centered medical home to improve primary-care services to residents in what the medical school described as an ?underserved and at-risk? West Philadelphia community. A patient-centered medical home is a team-based model of care led by a personal physician who provides continuous and coordinated care throughout...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=EH-szWjc2TU:9XQLKMVJUek:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=EH-szWjc2TU:9XQLKMVJUek:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=EH-szWjc2TU:9XQLKMVJUek:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=EH-szWjc2TU:9XQLKMVJUek:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=EH-szWjc2TU:9XQLKMVJUek:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=EH-szWjc2TU:9XQLKMVJUek:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Auxilium says new patent further protects its Testim testosterone gel
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office issued another patent for Testim Thursday to Auxilium Inc. and FCB. Auxilium, a testosterone gel, is marketed by Auxilium (NASDAQ:AUXL) under a license from FCB of Mahwah, N.J. The patent, which the companies said claims certain pharmaceutical compositions comprising testosterone, is expected to expire in April 2023. ?We are very pleased that, in addition to the nine previously issued patents covering methods using Testim, the franchise is now further protected...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=bILGP66l1is:Q7V53LUYvcA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=bILGP66l1is:Q7V53LUYvcA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=bILGP66l1is:Q7V53LUYvcA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=bILGP66l1is:Q7V53LUYvcA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=bILGP66l1is:Q7V53LUYvcA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=bILGP66l1is:Q7V53LUYvcA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Atlas Resource to buy Barnett Shale reserves, raises guidance
Atlas Resource Partners LP said Thursday it has agreed to acquire 250 billion cubic feet equivalent of natural-gas reserves in the Barnett Shale formation in Texas for $184 million in limited partner units. The Philadelphia-based partnership struck the agreement with Titan Operating LLC, a privately held company based in Fort Worth, Texas. Atlas Resource (NYSE:ARP) said the deal has been approved by its board of directors and will be effective as of Jan. 1, 2012. It expects the deal to close in...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=IrKKouh_hTA:T0cgHMh8-4Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=IrKKouh_hTA:T0cgHMh8-4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=IrKKouh_hTA:T0cgHMh8-4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=IrKKouh_hTA:T0cgHMh8-4Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=IrKKouh_hTA:T0cgHMh8-4Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=IrKKouh_hTA:T0cgHMh8-4Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Peco announces tree pruning locations in Delco
Peco Energy Co. said Thursday it will spend $1.4 million pruning trees along 300 miles of aerial electric lines in Philadelphia and Delaware County. The Philadelphia-based electric-and-gas utility said the pruning will begin at the end of May and continue through early September. A list of the Delaware County communities that will see the pruning is here. The subsidiary of Chicago-based Exelon Corp. (NYSE:EXC) will spend $28 million on its vegetation management program this year.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=iFmFwuP3_SE:mjDh-dXXbio:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=iFmFwuP3_SE:mjDh-dXXbio:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=iFmFwuP3_SE:mjDh-dXXbio:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=iFmFwuP3_SE:mjDh-dXXbio:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=iFmFwuP3_SE:mjDh-dXXbio:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=iFmFwuP3_SE:mjDh-dXXbio:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Philadelphia's 30 MVPs of the past 30 years: Slideshow
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/30%20MVP%20Banner%20fixed-0-549-1496-1193*100.jpg?v=1'>In June, the Philadelphia Business Journal celebrates 30 years of coverage and connections, and we?re sharing the love with special recognition for the individuals and organizations who have made extraordinary contributions to the region over the past generation. With input from readers and editorial staff, we came up with a list of 30 people, companies and organizations that we believe have had major, lasting significance and deserve to be called Philadelphia?s Most Valuable Players (to see...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=DHuShDtG0j0:y_x68cyi0Fw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=DHuShDtG0j0:y_x68cyi0Fw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=DHuShDtG0j0:y_x68cyi0Fw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=DHuShDtG0j0:y_x68cyi0Fw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?i=DHuShDtG0j0:y_x68cyi0Fw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?a=DHuShDtG0j0:y_x68cyi0Fw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_philadelphia?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>

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