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Print Edition: Week of October 21, 2009

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Exclusive Reports

• New England tech events slide in 2009; Boston and Cambridge venues hit hardest
• Top 10 Boston tech community locales
• 10 tips for techies: How to network effectively
• Free meeting spaces crop up in Greater Boston
• Telepresence videoconferencing saves money and time, say backers
• IBM’s Center for Social Software looks at the next stage
• Live events still abound, but virtual meetings on the rise
• Clothing design, sales and swaps find a home online
• The Pitch: Atropha aims to make biofuels to withstand harsh climate
• Tech Citizenship: Local techs lending a hand
• The Mover: Harper's angling skills handy as Abt Associate's CIO
• Changing Places: Who's coming? Who's going? Who's changing places?

Opinion

• In connections, face to face still counts
• How I See It: Increasing NIH funding means jobs and reputation for New England
• Policy Tracker: Patrick creates Mass. STEM council; Nonprofits, schools vie for innovation grants
• How I See It: Networking for 20-somethings requires lesson in introductions
• Invest for the long run in employee training during an economic downturn

Latest News

• Foley & Lardner wins $208M NIH IP contract [Friday]
• Lab equipment maker Bruker sees spike in shares [Friday]
• Javelin Pharma attracts $3.9M stock offer [Friday]
• PerkinElmer Q3 earnings show promising outlook [Friday]
• Highest Wind makes noise at Speed Venture Summit [Friday]
• KVH collects $10.2M in new fiber-optic gyro orders [Friday]
• Cleantech tries on corporate funding and expertise in lieu of venture capital [Friday]
• Hundreds honor MHT All-Stars [Friday]
• Strict emissions control fuels Rypos’ $8M funding, growth [Friday]
• CheXout: Pay restaurant bills by cell phone [Friday]
• Third Rock rests VC hopes in rare genetic disease treatments [Friday]
• Loofbourrow to head up iRobot senior health unit [Thursday]
• Celldex cancer drug candidate returns positive news [Thursday]
• Naval missile supplies bring $7M to Raytheon [Thursday]
• Report: Spire Solar’s $42M manufacturing plant to add 150 jobs in NH [Thursday]
• CorNova lands $2.5M in financing [Thursday]
• Framingham wastewater collection nets $7.7M from MLSC [Thursday]
• Virdante Pharmaceuticals boosts first round to $47M [Thursday]
• Stryker Biotech indicted in deceit scheme [Wednesday]
• TomTom stock tumbles on Google navigation app news [Wednesday]
• Interlace device lands FDA clearance [Wednesday]
• MIT grant applies physics to cancer research [Wednesday]
• Excelimmune wins SBIR grant [Wednesday]
• Vertex Pharma sees wider Q3 loss [Wednesday]
• Raytheon pulls in two Navy deals for $90M [Wednesday]
• Maine hands out $1.3M in tech grants [Wednesday]
• Environmental lab Alpha Analytical buys Boston Analytical [Wednesday]
• ScanScout’s Singapore office opening draws $8.5M investment [Wednesday]
• Google vet Steinberg joins Polaris [Wednesday]
• RueLaLa, SmartBargains selling for $350M to GSI Commerce [Tuesday]
• Five New England states land $226M for smart meters [Tuesday]
• Red Bend Software sues Google [Tuesday]
• Aiko opioid painkiller returns positive trial results [Tuesday]
• Inverness sees Q3 revenue uptick [Tuesday]
• Helicos considers ‘strategic alternatives’ [Tuesday]
• Startup Watch: Five you should follow [Tuesday]
• EnterpriseDB gets investment from Red Hat [Tuesday]
• Raytheon completes $350M BBN buyout [Tuesday]
• U.S. Customs to protect borders with $9M AS&E inspection order [Tuesday]
• LaunchCapital adds loans to VC model [Monday]
• LiveWire Mobile to cut 20 jobs [Monday]
• Seven New England companies split $36M in DOE research grants [Monday]
• Thermo Fisher launches heart attack biomarker in Europe [Monday]
• FairPoint cedes control to creditors, files for Ch. 11 [Monday]
• Positive results for Antigenics' brain cancer therapy [Monday]
• Startup T3 Expo ties tech to trade show services [Monday]
• American Well pulls in $10M for online doctor visits [Monday]
• GamerDNA cuts staff, weighs HQ move [Monday]
• Cephalon pays $30M for option to buy BioAssets [Monday]
• Growing software maker Axeda adds $9M in equity, debt [Monday]