ACTING U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, SBA ADMINISTRATOR, MAYOR NUTTER ANNOUNCE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES PHILADELPHIA, September 13, 2011 – Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank, Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen Mills, Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, Co-Chairman of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE), celebrated new federal support for innovative entrepreneurs, small businesses, research and commercialization innovation at a meeting of NACIE. Administrator Mills acknowledged two Pennsylvania winners, out ... — Read More

Monday, September 27, 2010 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAVY YARD ENERGY PROJECT RECEIVES ADDITIONAL FUNDING, PHILADELPHIA REGION TO BECOME A NATIONAL HUB OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY $129 Million Project will be led by Penn State University and more than 22 Other Partners from the Public and Private Sectors and Academia Philadelphia, September 27, 2010 – Today Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) Steven Chu, Governor Edward G. Rendell, Mayor Michael A. Nutter, and Vice President Henry Foley of Penn State University heralded ... — Read More

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced the members of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a group that will support President Obama's innovation strategy by helping to develop policies that foster entrepreneurship and identifying new ways to take great ideas from the lab to the marketplace to drive economic growth and create jobs. Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP) President and CEO RoseAnn B. Rosenthal was named to the council. The National Advisory Council will help the administration ... — Read More

Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke toured the new Tastykake factory and shook hands with shipyard workers on a visit to Philadelphia this morning. Staff with the central bank said the chairman was keen to see the progress Philadelphia has made in transforming the Philadelphia Navy Yard since the military closed the shipyard in the mid-'90s. — Read More