Philadelphia doesn’t measure up in creating new businesses

Once again, I am en flagrante delicto just as this report hits. Please report the details in comments  . . . . UPDATE: November 7, 2008 9:10am Awful report by all measures. The 10th straight loss in a row. The headline loss of 240k is bad enough — worst since 2001 — but the revision of September’s figures to a drastically lower -284,000 from 159,000 is substantial. Virtually every sector — outside of government and healthcare — reported declines. The unemplo... more

Unemployment rates in most Ohio metro areas were little changed or down in September, including cities hit by auto industry cutbacks in the northern part of the state, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.... more

A friendly face across the counter - Go-to person deals with customer queries One might think that in this day and age of online banking, ATMs and credit cards that the personal touch is gone. Quite the opposite. The financial industry, along with others, has found people want people, too. "That's not ever going to go away," said Beau Mancini, who is one of those people on the other side of the counter. He works as a "member service representative" at Bridgeway Fed... more

Traveldomo is an innovative travel planning website with a unique interface that allows users to plan multi-point, multi-traveler trips and easily share those plans with other travelers. Users can blog their trips, post pictures and easily copy and modify trip plans from other users. ... more

PHILADELPHIA – Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSK, CMCSA), the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, is testing a 100 Gigabit/sec optical solution from Nortel* (NYSE/TSX: NT). Comcast** is conducting this test at the 71st meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) conference which it is hosting in Philadelphia. read more ... more

Kenexa, a leading provider of recruitment and retention solutions, announced today that it is opening an office in India. Quote: “We intend for the Vizag campus to become a key part of Kenexa’s software global research and development organization. The campus is state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly, and conducive to creativity and invention,� stated Rudy Karsan, chief executive officer, Kenexa. ... more

PHILADELPHIA, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- PhindMe today announced the availability of its low-cost mobile-marketing service, designed to help local businesses better compete against national brands. With a focus on mobile-marketing solutions, PhindMe has created an Internet-based platform so that local businesses can improve consumer discovery, loyalty, and community. These services extend to consumers’ mobile devices, helping businesses combine the power of online-marketing with the in... more