One of the largest changes promised by the Affordable Care Act — how doctors and hospitals are reimbursed — is now being put into practice.

Peanut butter sale, sub restaurant opening, multifamily trade.

A port strike poised to unleash economic havoc by shutting down 14 East Coast and Gulf ports at midnight Saturday was averted today when the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance agreed to extend their talks until midnight Jan. 28.

Bank of America and Provident Bank are helping make low-interest loans available to small businesses hurt by Hurricane Sandy by partnering with community development financial institutions — nonprofit lenders that promote economic development in low and moderate income communities.

State revenue is trailing the lofty projections included in the annual budget — and that was before Hurricane Sandy washed ashore in October, burying conventional wisdom in a wave of uncertainty.

The hulking, garish complex once known as Xanadu remains dormant in East Rutherford, two years after state officials tapped Triple Five to rescue the failed project.

In the cloud, needle network, homes sale.

Pushing education off the fiscal cliff, insurance for when the lights go out, and looking to Katrina to solve Sandy. Those stories and more in this week's NJBIZ Briefcase.

“New Jersey doesn’t have to start from scratch,” said Lee Youngblood, communications director for the disaster recovery division of the Mississippi Development Authority.