Layoffs at Townsend Analytics and Hyperfeed; Bill Lederer resurfaces as head of Socrates.com; the Ceres Fund close to closing; the Kieretsu Forum; Anthony Gerardi reappears in Chicago; Clear, Open Road, Open Channel, EMNS, Go2Call, and others to present a

A very quick report: update on Efoora machinations; what happened to some Divine entities; UL internal memo and the management team at Profind, a Midwest Venture presenter

BEZ Systems leaving town for Boston; Vibes hiring; Topiary, Genomics USA, Wendy Tarzian; a human dimension to the Efoora scam: farmer Lynn Vanzant from Belvidere, Tennessee speaks out; Navteq and more…

Northern Illinois Angels funded Supplemental Education late last year; Bret Johnson to be acting director of Evanston ITEC; Fund of fund manager to be announced in two weeks, says Ed Condon; Brent Donnell; Jim Charney resurfaces at DePaul (part-time)

Zingher on the problem with the Forbes article, more ShipNow troubles, a heavy mail day….

Randy Pickard and Jonathan Ashton give the nitty gritty of Search Engine Optimization; TMR and Tech Pulse survey attitudes and beliefs on outsourcing; RFID and more….

Efoora board member Howard Lucas demanded bribe, sources say; Coney quits at Evanston ITEC; Robb Hendrickson’s Jellifish presentation; ShipNow sold; Slack’s three dozen; and “Secrets of The May Report” revealed at Costa’s on the 20th

New CEO very much on the horizon at Efoora as the wheels appear to now really be in motion; letters; events

Rare Isotope Accelerator reaches the CD-0 stage at DOE, decision on site between Argonne and Michigan State; Modularis/Tata deal under an NDA; GasPedal quietly cancels scheduled event; little things from cards at meetings.

Karl on China; an extension for Efoora; Zebra and RF passive transponders; boycottwatch.org, ‘Mossberg, Gates and the whole bloody thing’, ‘blame the victim’ and more…