With the federal government pumping in huge amounts of money for Sandy rebuilding projects, it's an ideal time for small companies to seek contracts to get a piece of the action.
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EDA awards first tax credit under its angel investor program
State officials today awarded the first tax credit to an investor under a new program aimed at nurturing early-stage technology companies in New Jersey.
Read More »Express Scripts seeking 40M tax credit for new South Jersey plant
Express Scripts Holdings Co. is seeking a $40 million tax credit for a new pharmaceutical plant in Burlington Township, over the border from the Willingboro facility run by its Medco Health Solutions subsidiary, company and state officials said today.
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Another Somerset project long in the making gets local approval
Ralph Zucker’s patience has paid off for the second time in a week, now that local officials in Aberdeen have approved plans to redevelop the site of a former glass factory.
Read More »AmeriHealth says it’s entering defined contribution health plan market as exchange launch nears
Health insurer AmeriHealth New Jersey is entering the “defined contribution” health plan market, where employers give their workers a set amount of money — a defined contribution — that employees then use to shop for their own health coverage on AmeriHealth's new private exchange, MyAHNJ.
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Report Incentives play part in more than half of industrial space being built in N.J.
New Jersey has 5 million square feet of industrial space under construction — and more than half of it is being driven by state incentive programs, according to new research from the brokerage firm Jones Lang LaSalle.
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CRDA taps longtime South Jersey planning expert to guide strategy
The state-run development agency for Atlantic City has brought in a longtime South Jersey planning expert to help guide nongaming investment in the resort town.
Read More »Options aplenty for N.J. companies seeking aid in rebuilding from Sandy
New Jersey has a war chest of $260 million for grants and $100 million for loans for businesses hurt by Sandy — and officials in Trenton are eager to see more applications flow in, so they can put that money to work boosting the state's economy.
Read More »Construction work begins on 300M New Brunswick project
Construction is underway at a new campus for the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, kicking off a broader $300 million redevelopment project that's aimed at redefining Rutgers University's footprint in the city.
Read More »Health plan pricing through Affordable Care Act coming next month
Small businesses and individuals shopping for government-subsidized health plans on New Jersey’s exchange will learn the details — and pricing — for those new plans and their prices in mid-September, according to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
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Congressional delegation seeks answers on smart grids
A bipartisan coalition of New Jersey's congressional delegation is introducing a bill to promote smart grids — an effort they say would limit damage storms like Hurricane Sandy can wreak on the state's energy system.
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Seven years later, reuse plan for Bell Labs building gets local approval
Local officials in Holmdel have cleared the path for Somerset Development to reincarnate the massive Bell Labs research campus there, following seven years of discussions over one of the state's most high-profile vacant office sites.
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