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Philadelphia Business Today, 8/28/2008
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Campbell’s Chunky campaign sticks with Tomlinson
Posted 12:35pm
Hometown Campbell Soup Co. is staying on the Left Coast for its Chunky soup pitchman.
BUSINESS BLOGS
Rendell speech on energy powers up visions of dot-com boom
It’s exciting to watch as new industries catch fire.

Think of the dot-com sector. In the late ’90s, hundreds of companies formed as usage of the Internet spread and capital chased ideas.

Gov. Rendell reminded me for those heady days in his speech to the Democratic National Convention.

More Blog Entries »
SEC to scrap GAAP for looser Euro rules
Posted 11:06am
The Securities and Exchange Commission says it's prepared to scrap U.S. accounting standards and let companies adopt looser International Financial Reporting Standards.
More Blog Entries »
LATEST NEWS
 
Paragon Technologies raises share buyback 18% - 12:11pm
 
Peco lowering gas rates about 5% - 11:22am
 
Phila. area’s gas prices see modest decrease - 10:05am
 
Starbucks says execs won’t get raises - 11:13am
 
Stocks jump on better-than-expected GDP, jobs data 11:42am
XML COMPANY PRESS RELEASES
 
Are You at Risk for Gum Disease?
 
Two Local Home Improvement Giants Merge; Homeowners Benefit
 
Sharing Expertise(R): B. Braun to Co-Sponsor Webinar on New Federal Rules Limiting Reimbursement for Hospital-Acquired Infections
 
Vanguard Study Finds Pension Protection Act Boosts Auto Features in 401(k) Plans
 
ProtonMedia Announces "Go Green, Go Virtual" Initiative
More business press releases from Business Wire »
Today's Inquirer
Mortgage-fraud reports are up
By Alan J. Heavens, Inquirer Real Estate Writer
Efforts to tighten lending standards appear to have had little effect so far, as reports of mortgage fraud increased 42 percent in the first quarter of 2008 from the same period of 2007.
Ricoh to buy Malvern's Ikon Office Solutions
By Harold Brubaker, Inquirer Staff Writer
Ricoh Co. Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer of printers and photocopiers, has agreed to buy Ikon Office Solutions Inc., of Malvern, for $1.6 billion.
 
Steel Partners win big on Ikon sale price
 
Graphic: The Merger Partners
MORE FROM TODAY'S INQUIRER
 
Philly's pedaling toward bike-sharing program
By Natalie Pompilio , For The Inquirer
 
For a free ride, there's Pottstown
By Nancy Petersen , Inquirer Staff Writer
 
Tropical storm could slam Gulf, and gasoline prices
By John Porretto , Associated Press
 
Business news in brief
 
Steel Partners win big on Ikon sale price
By Joseph N. DiStefano , Inquirer Staff Writer
 
Thrifts lose on bad mortgage loans
By Marcy Gordon , Associated Press
 
Orders up for big-ticket goods
By Martin Crutsinger , Associated Press
 
U.S. economy may be doing better than investors think
By Tim Paradis , Associated Press
 
ArcelorMittal strike OKd
By Daniel Lovering , Associated Press
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