Fresh off a three-day trade mission to Mexico last week, Gov. Chris Christie will be in Atlantic City on Monday to host a gaming summit at the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.
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Triple Play How to reduce the impact of high tax rates
Triple Play is a weekly NJBIZ feature that asks top executives in New Jersey to talk about three things related to their industry.
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On the list this week: Miss America, QuickChek, hackers and more …
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Editorial Partisan probes have one loser #8212 The taxpayers
Count us among those who greeted the federal audit of the “Stronger Than the Storm” campaign with a decided yawn. Actually, we were only yawning until we got that irritating jingle from the TV commercials stuck in our heads again. At that point, it was more like angry yawning. But still, if you were to sum up the federal investigation...
Read More »Clifton recycling company suddenly shuts doors
A Clifton-based recycling company closed suddenly Friday, leaving more than 100 employees without jobs and dozens of towns without a collection service, according to published reports.
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Report Florida company is eyeing Showboat for 20M project
The newly shuttered Showboat Casino Hotel has drawn interest from a Florida company that builds restaurants and entertainment complexes, a published report said.
Read More »Fitch downgrades N.J. bond rating again, stays ‘negative’ on its prospects
Fitch downgraded New Jersey's bond rating from “A ” to “A” and maintained its "negative” outlook for the state Friday.
Read More »Actavis moving 400 Forest Labs jobs to N.J.
Drugmaker Actavis, which acquired fellow pharmaceutical company Forest Laboratories in July, plans to move most of that company's operations on Long Island and Manhattan to New Jersey, bringing about 400 jobs to the state, a spokesman said Friday.
Read More »Conversion of church to housing gets underway in New Brunswick
A group of nonprofits has started work on a project to convert a New Brunswick church into 10 affordable housing units for individuals with special needs, state officials said.
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Medical debt has majority of Americans worried #8212 and it should #8212 survey finds
About a quarter of Americans have more medical debt than emergency savings, and 55 percent are worried about being overwhelmed by medical debt or finding themselves unable to afford health insurance in the future, according to a new Bankrate.com survey.
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Christie touts New Jersey on three-day trade mission to Mexico
Gov. Chris Christie is wrapping up a three-day, official state trade mission to Mexico on Friday, beginning with breakfast in the Mexican state of Puebla with Gov. Rafael Moreno Valle.
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Merck gets fast-track approval for melanoma drug, first of its type
Whitehouse Station-based drugmaker Merck announced Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its drug KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) for patients with certain types of advanced melanoma. Merck said in a news release that KEYTRUDA is the first anti-PD-1 — programmed death receptor-1 — therapy approved in the U.S.
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