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May 30, 2012

Spokesman Devils’ playoff run offers major benefit to Newark

As the New Jersey Devils prepare for tonight's Stanley Cup Finals game at the Prudential Center, in Newark, data released today show the team's extended road to the championship has had a significant economic impact on the city and region.

May 30, 2012

N.J. organizers again reject charge that F1 schedule is off track

The international head of Formula One is once again casting doubt on whether New Jersey will host its first race next year, but local event organizers say nothing has changed, and that preparations for the race are still "precisely on schedule."

May 30, 2012

Employers speak highly of Rutgers students at career fair

Nearly 2,500 college students and recent graduates will get face time with New Jersey's employers — big and small — at Rutgers University today for the state's largest career fair.

May 30, 2012

Deals and Moves May 30

Clean energy investment, credit card selection, law firm launch.

May 29, 2012

Newark excited about opportunity to link manufacturing, education

Business groups, government agencies and other organizations in New Jersey can apply for federal funding under a new $26 million program that aims to build clusters in advanced manufacturing industries.

May 29, 2012

Survey of CFOs finds N.J.’s tax climate is dismal

While New Jersey is home to one of the highest business tax rates in the nation, financial executives attribute the state's lack of competitiveness in retaining and attracting business to the complexity of its tax system, according to a survey of chief financial officers conducted by Alvarez & Marsal Taxand LLC.

May 29, 2012

Lourdes to open Cherry Hill ambulatory center in former Pathmark

Lourdes Health System announced this week that a high-profile former retail spot will become the newest addition to the system's facilities.

May 29, 2012

Deals and Moves May 29

Financial services acquisition, renewable energy opening, real estate auction.

May 25, 2012

Finding creative ways to get drivers to embrace electronic tolling

Before transitioning to all-electronic tolling, New Jersey must increase the number of drivers who use E-ZPass — and to do so, transportation officials are looking to enact efforts from other states' authorities to make the transponders more accessible to the public and accepted in more states.

May 25, 2012

Indiana official makes pitch to N.J. executives

New Jersey businesses looking to expand have been wooed by Indiana's top economic development official this week, although he said he isn't trying to poach Garden State companies.

May 25, 2012

Attorney Tax dispute settlement part of downward trend in Atlantic City

The settlement of a long-running tax assessment dispute between the owners of the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel and city that ended in a reduction of the property's assessed value by nearly two-thirds — from $543 million to $165 million — is part of a downward trend in property values in the seaside gaming resort, according to...

May 25, 2012

Business ownership gives legislator broader perspective on regulation

Before taking office in 2006, Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) spent more than 25 years in the public eye directing funerals for her local community at Vainieri Funeral Home, in North Bergen.