- It’s official: Pittsburgh is best place to live in U.S. (it even beats Honolulu) [Daily Mail] — Philly isn’t even in the Top 10 of U.S. cities, being beaten by D.C., Chicago, Atlanta and, yes, Detroit.
- Changing Skyline: What does GlaxoSmithKline’s move to Navy Yard mean for downtown? [Inquirer]
- Chamber declines to support legislation calling for jobs commission [Chamber blog] — Just lower the damn business privilege taxes, they say.
- Pa. to invest in Aker Philadelphia Shipyard [Philadelphia Business Journal]
- How Philly is Taking the Lead on the City Planning-Public Health Connection [Keystone Edge]
- All About Patents [Hive 76]
- Nutter Open To Casino On Market Street East [Philly Clout: Daily News] And Plan Philly says “Attorney says city’s large numbers of Asians, Slavs are big reason it could handle two casinos.”
- Penn raising tuition 3.9% [Philadelphia Business Journal] — “The University of Pennsylvania will increase tuition 3.9 percent and expand its financial-aid budget by $10.7 million, or 7.7 percent, to $161 million in the 2011-2012 school year.”
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