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| Dec 11, 2023 | Brew Works’ Rude Elf’s Reserve: How IP Bullying Birthed The Brand That Remains 20 Years Later | One of my favorite ways that lame trademark fights end is when the victim of the bullying makes slight changes to their branding such that it pokes the bully in the eye while still getting the victim out of legal harm’s way. When you couple... |
| Jun 20, 2023 | San Francisco takes issue with U.S. News hospital rankings | San Francisco's city attorney has "significant concerns" with U.S. News & World Report's hospital rankings, asserting U.S. News' advertising statements may violate California law.
What's happening: City Attorney David Chiu sen... |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms Governor Shapiro’s Nominees to Lead the Departments of Conservation and Natural Resources, General Services | Secretary Dunn continues her leadership at DCNR while Secretary McNeil becomes the first African American to hold the position at DGS
Harrisburg, PA – Today, the Pennsylvania Senate overwhelmingly confirmed two of Governor Josh Shapiro’s ca... |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Infradapt Sponsors Bethlehem Park Revitalization as Part of APMM Community Enhancement Initiative | "Participation in this project reflects Infradapt’s dedication to nurturing safe, thriving communities. We're privileged to support this transformative initiative." - Antonio Haddad, Infradapt’s President.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (PRWEB) J... |
| Jul 24, 2021 | 30 photos of abandoned amusement parks around the US that will give you the chills | The vestiges of a ride. Seph Lawless
Photojournalist Seph Lawless has taken pictures of 10 abandoned theme parks around the US.
Theme parks, like Lake Shawnee Park in West Virginia, closed down after guests died at the park.
The haunting pi... |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Colleges Ramp Up Coronavirus Testing For Spring Semester As Some Plan More On-Campus Activities | As colleges get ready for the spring semester, a growing number are implementing stronger Covid-19 ... [+] testing requirements for faculty, staff, and returning students.getty |
| Feb 26, 2020 | Judge Tears Into Cops For Beating A Man Who Dared To Question Their Words And Actions | It doesn’t happen often enough, but it is so very refreshing to watch a bunch of assholes get torn new assholes. (h/t Peter Bonilla) |
| Feb 26, 2020 | Judge Tears Into Cops For Beating A Man Who Dared To Question Their Words And Actions | It doesn't happen often enough, but it is so very refreshing to watch a bunch of assholes get torn new assholes. (h/t Peter Bonilla) |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Judge Says Student Can Sue School For Suspending Her After She Called A Fictional Cop A 'Pig' | Sometimes the best move is to let something go. Kids will be kids, as the saying go. Thing is, kids may also be litigants, especially if you think your school administration position grants you the power to violate students’ rights. |
| Feb 5, 2016 | As the market continues to drop, tech stocks take a big hit | Companies like GrubHub, FireEye, Zendesk and TubeMogul have all lost major value in their stocks
If you held onto your stock portfolio this year, you might have regretted not cashing out of some stocks and investing in, say, nicer Christmas... |
| Jun 26, 2013 | 10 Philadelphia technology leaders who should run for mayor | If the Philadelphia technology and entrepreneurship communities want to continue to flex their standing, the collective group needs to take to City Hall.
In November 2015, residents will elect a new mayor of the City of Philadelphia. With M... |
| Nov 13, 2012 | Penn (still) has high rate of alumni entrepreneurs leaving the region: report [VC Roundup] | Welcome to the VC Roundup, where we’ll parse through venture capital news related to Philadelphia-based private equity firms and the companies they fund. Subscribe to the roundup as an email newsletter. If you have any VC-related news to pa... |
| Jan 10, 2012 | Health care spending at 50 year low, economy to blame | MassDevice.com On Call | MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Health care spending grew only 3.8% in 2009 and 3.9% in 2010, the smallest spending increase in 50 years.
The rate of growth in the health care sector has slowed every year since 2002, but the rates in 2009 and 2010 wer... |
| Dec 2, 2011 | AJ Daulerio named Gawker editor [LINKS] | What does Philadelphia spend? [PhillyDeals: Inquirer]
A to-do list for city commissioners [Philly Clout: Daily News]
Rob Stuart, 49, Phila. activist [Inquirer] — We sadly missed this, but the Center City activist, famed for lobbying for cre... |
| Nov 14, 2011 | Founder’s Factory, Social Media Plus and video games this week [Event Highlights] | We hope you had a great weekend, Philadelphia. One that nothing disappointing happened to you. A weekend that you did not oversleep and miss an important meeting. A weekend that didn’t crush what little hope you had left for February. A wee... |
| Feb 22, 2011 | Schutt Sports: Business Booming for Once-Troubled Company | Since being acquired by Platinum Equity, business at Schutt Sports is booming. Acquired by Platinum Equity out of a lengthy and troubling bankruptcy, the re-energized company is refocused on its core businesses of manufacturing and recondit... |
| Oct 2, 2009 | Links: Alex Hillman and Kelly Lee spar, the Baltimore tech scene and More | DEFINITE READS
The Inquirer jumps into the fray of criticism lobbed at Innovation Philadelphia and their Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit by Independents Hall co-working co-founder Alex Hillman, most notably through a lengthy post... |
| May 29, 2009 | Friday Tech Links: Archer Group is tracking eyes, the city’s radio system upgrade and More | In which we link out to the tech news from Philly and elsewhere (when it matters) that slips through the cracks and make it way fun. See others here.
Wilmington, Del.-based Web marketing and design firm the Archer Group is using new-age com... |
| Mar 20, 2009 | Ben Franklin Tech Partners of Northeastern PA announce $454k investment | We can’t help but give a shout out to our neighbors in the North. Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania have announced plans to invest $454,000 in 11 companies in its region. That’s after Philly’s local Technology Pa... |
| Meet the billionaire commanding SpaceX’s all-civilian mission—he dropped out of high school to start his business | At some point during the first quarter of Sunday’s Super Bowl LV, billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is set to appear on around 100 million television screens in a 30-second spot he bought to tout “the world’s first all-civilian missio... |
| Electrek green energy brief: no new coal for Europe, solar as standard home appliance, more | Edmonton structure’s south facing facade made of solar glass – Header image above is from Google Street View, October 2016. The system, composed of 500 solar panels, cost $400,000 and will pay for itself in five years. Overall the combinati... |
| The government is getting fed up with ransomware payments fueling endless cycle of cyberattacks | The U.S. government is scrambling to find ways to disrupt ransomware networks responsible for thousands of hacks annually, and getting cyber insurance companies to stop reimbursements for ransom paid is among the asks.
A top national cybers... |
| EGEB: PA swing voters care a lot about pollution; a high carbon tax might work, more | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
An Allentown, PA, town hall revealed that voters in the swing state are worried about pollution and climate change.
A new model suggests carbon taxes should start high and then fall, bucking pr... |