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Ascendia Brands, a Hamilton-based maker of personal-care products, has agreed to buy product lines including Calgon and certain affiliate companies from France's Coty for some $125 million. Shares of Ascendia were up $0.31, or more than 15 percent, to $2.35 in early-afternoon trading. Ascendia could also become obligated

MediaBay in Cedar Knolls revealed today that it previously filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to deregister its common stock and end its reporting obligations. MediaBay is a publisher of

Chase, the New York-based financial services company, is accepting resumes. The company plans to hire 485 personal bankers, of which 130 will be located in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y., during the next three months to serve Bank of New York and Chase

Siemens Financial Services, based in Iselin, has formed a new company, Siemens First Capital Commercial Finance, in a joint venture with First Capital, a financial services firm in West Palm Beach, Fla. The goal of the joint venture is to

New Jersey placed second, behind California, in a survey on states with the worst tax climate. The survey, called the CFO State Tax Survey and produced by Boston-based CFO Publishing, asked corporate tax officials for

SAI Global has agreed to acquire Compliance and Ethics Learning Solutions, which does business as Midi, for $45 million.

Midi, based in Princeton, creates digital and print materials concerning the ethics and regulatory compliance

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