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The still-developing carbon trading market is not unlike the Wild West. Focused exclusively on forest carbon projects, a Wayne startup is writing the rules of the game and has become the country's leading player in that niche.

We live in one of the most important bioscience clusters in the world. This year's edition of Biotech 2010 will put it all on display  Wednesday and Thursday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

With its newest product, a migraine headache patch that cures pain and reduces side effects, Conshohocken's NuPathe Pharmaceuticals and its serial entrepreneur co-founder Jane Hollingsworth have hit the big time.

While Roy Halladay was responsible for seventh heaven on one end of Broad Street, Switch Philadelphia provided seven minutes in techie heaven for some of the region's most promising startups on the other. The pitches there were almost as amazing.