DEFINITE READS
- Philly Eco City reports that Mount Airy-based electric bicycle shop Philly Electric Wheels has pegged its store rent to the percentage price increases of a barrel of oil.
MIGHT BE OF INTEREST
- Science Cheerleader has a Q&A with a former Houston Texans cheerleader turned NASA aerospace engineer.
- Science Cheerleader also gives four (sort of) science-related mobile applications she likes — from mass body index to UV calculations.
- The Inquirer’s Joe DiStefano reports that Exton-based insurance-software developer iPipeline has seen sales jump sixfold since an $18 million investment two years ago.
GIVE A GLANCE
- Holly Otterbein Isiah Thompson at the CityPaper notes that Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey has long had a blog — he just hasn’t posted anything on it.
- The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that the city’s tax amnesty program brought in $60 million, more than double what the city gave as its goal.
- The Business Journal also reports that Lockheed Martin announced the $24 million expansion of its Newtown operations in Bucks County.
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