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Previous: January 1, 2009

Wednesday 01.07.2009

• Pa. loans to benefit Phila.-area companies
• Franklin Square Capital clears funding hurdle
• ‘Big disaster’ not on horizon for Phila. office market
• Area unemployment rate hits 5.9%
• Journal Register sells two Conn. papers
• Public transit saves even with low gas prices
• Real estate activity rebounded in Nov.
• US Airways eyes more capacity cuts
• Bio-Imaging Technologies to sell CapMed Division to Metavante
• Chairman of Business Journal parent honored
• Unisys to keep working for Dr Pepper Snapple

Tuesday 01.06.2009

• InterDigital sets CEO’s salary
• ICT closing call centers, seeking lower-cost sites
• Pa. hospitals struggling through recession
• Constar to be delisted by NASDAQ
• Pa. Republicans tackling budget crisis
• Villanova U. in licensing deal with Coca-Cola bottler
• Drexel gets biggest gift ever: $25M
• Unisys not moving HQ to Phila.
• Dow Chemical taking legal action in failed Kuwaiti venture
• QuantRx’s methamphetamine test OK’d
• Environmental Tectonics in settlement with Disney
• Kulicke & Soffa offers to buy back notes
• Promedior hires Colangelo as CEO

Monday 01.05.2009

• Cigna cutting 1,100 jobs
• Endo to buy Indevus for $370M
• Prism Pharmaceuticals arrythmia drug OK’d
• Balfour Beatty buys into two Texas projects
• Teva to pay $7 million to Massachusetts
• Subaru sales not as bad as major automakers
• You can file for unemployment on a Sunday
• CertainTeed buys OFI Income Fund
• GSI Commerce shares drop on analyst downgrade
• Former Boeing workers gets 5 months for vandalizing helicopter
• NutriSystem taps Costco for sales help
• AAA notes first gas price increase since Sept.
• Hemispherx wins court victory in fraud case
• PPD buys Merck laboratory in Wayne
• Airgas buys Great Lakes Oxygen
• Unisys wins N.J. contract extension
• Real Estate Wrap: L.A. firm establishes Pa. presence

Friday 01.02.2009

• Pa. Turnpike increases coming Sunday
• At Peco HQ, cutting power needs is a breeze
• Teleflex division closing Fla. plant
• Escalon buys Immunodiagnostic Systems division
• Wachovia now part of Wells Fargo

Wednesday 12.31.2008

• Jefferson, Frankford hospitals finalize deal
• N.J. Republicans sue Corzine
• Univest takes over Trollinger
• LyondellBasel may seek bankruptcy
• DE Technologies nets Defense contract
• Galleon Pharmaceuticals chalks up $15M
• Aqua America buys Pa. water company

Tuesday 12.30.2008

• Court says libraries must stay open
• QVC axing 500 distribution center jobs in West Chester
• Closing of Exel site in Phila. to eliminate 131 jobs
• Phila.’s non-emergency information line debuts Wednesday
• Constar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• Phila. airport’s new connector opens
• GMAC gets $5B in government funds
• N.J. unemployment compensation to rise
• Pa. to get $60M in federal Neighborhood Stabilization funds

Monday 12.29.2008

• Peco gas bills increasing about 10% on service and delivery charges
• Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania buys Liberty Benefits
• InterDigital in licensing deal with ModeLabs
• Even lower gas prices could be coming
• Vote set for Prescient Applied Intelligence sale to Park City Group
• Rohm shares reel on Dow deal doubt
• N.J. family leave tax starting

Wednesday 12.24.2008

• Phila. council members sue mayor in library battle
• TelVue CEO replaced
• Phila. company that fired pregnant woman ordered to pay $17,000
• Quaker Chemical cuts 80 positions
• Royal Bancshares OK’d for Treasury investment

Tuesday 12.23.2008

• Advanta stays in tennis sponsorship game
• New Peco message board will be to diode for
• Venture capitalists venture opinion on how ’09 will go
• Brown no longer Citigroup’s Phila. leader
• Phila. housing market: Count your blessings
• PNC stockholders OK National City takeover
• Wachovia shareholders OK Wells deal
• New Independence Capital fund raises $300M
• Orbit/FR rings up $5M in orders
• Unisys cutting 1,300 jobs, freezing salaries, ending 401(k) matches
• BMP Sunstone subsidiary to buy stake in Chinese company

Monday 12.22.2008

• MoreBank finds replacement for retiring CEO
• Most of Pelino firm moving to Archer & Greiner
• Optimation to merge with Total Systems
• Emerald Stage 2 funds Maverick Network Solutions
• US Airways relaxing fees for customers affected by weather
• Teva Pharmaceuticals set to buy Barr
• Gas prices fall further
• J.G. Wentworth completes $75M notes deal
• GlaxoSmithKline to buy Pakistani business, cease political contributions
• Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education freezes non-union salaries
• N.J. businesses toasting tax reforms
• Real Estate Wrap: Unisys exploring way to escape move to Center City