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Philadelphia Business Today, 9/2/2008
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Doctors: Vytorin-cancer link can’t be ruled out
Posted 1:17pm
MUNICH, Germany - Results so far from three studies of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin are not enough to prove or rule out a possible link to a higher risk of cancer, so the drug should be used with caution until more is known, editors of a leading medical journal urged Tuesday.
BUSINESS BLOGS
Ikon execs to get up to $14.3 million in bonuses under Ricoh ownership
Heads do roll when big acquisitions are made.

But sometimes buyers want to make sure the managements of the businesses they just bought stick around to keep running them.

To convince execs to stay, they pay retention bonuses.

That’s what Ricoh Co. Ltd.’s doing after agreeing to buy Ikon Office Solutions Inc. for $1.6 billion last week.

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Gambling on the next real estate boom
Posted 10:49am
Gambling on the next property boom: Hedge funds and busted developers team up to buy lots and unbuilt developments cheap, in hopes they'll profit big in the next expansion.
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LATEST NEWS
 
Campbell's names social-responsibility chief - 11:36am
 
Unisys gets $22M contract in Angola - 11:17am
 
Phila.-area gas prices mixed
 
Two plead guilty in Phila. body parts case - 12:28pm
 
Special Ben Franklin Bridge lighting for ovarian cancer awareness
 
Stocks jump as oil tumbles on relief over Gustav 11:49am
XML COMPANY PRESS RELEASES
 
Families and Organizations Invited to Give BIG for Children in Need
 
Rosenthal Collins Group Now Live with ASPEN FX from GL TRADE Capital Markets Solutions
 
eBillme(TM) and CardinalCommerce Extend Cash Checkout to More Online Retailers
 
SYNYGY SALES PERFORMANCE CONFERENCE To Focus on Sales Compensation and Other Sales Operations Management Challenges
 
NIH Funds Discovery of New Influenza Inhibitors by Integral Molecular, Inc.
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Today's Inquirer
Tower sparks controversy in Lancaster
Use of taxpayer money on a public-private project is a key issue.
By Linda Loyd, Inquirer Staff Writer
A $170 million convention center and a 19-story hotel are changing the skyline of downtown Lancaster, even as critics decry perceived conflict of interest and the soaring cost and scope of the project.
 
Convention Center's lowest bids total $777 million
Fast, cheap and within a budget
Restaurant chains offer low-priced fare to woo back diners.
By Lauren Shepherd, Associated Press
NEW YORK - Grabbing a bite at a restaurant this fall could be a bargain - depending, that is, on what you order.
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