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Nov 3, 2011

Hotels beginning to clear out as electrical power is restored

Hotels in parts of the state struck by long-term power outages over the past week are beginning to see business return to normal.

Nov 3, 2011

Doctors hope patient-centered care model can salve N.J.’s distressed primary-care providers

Dwindling numbers of state medical school graduates are staying to practice primary care in New Jersey, and one organization fears the Garden State will see a "significant shortage" of family physicians before 2025.

Nov 3, 2011

Deals and Moves November 3

A $21 million acquisition; partnership on tumor treatment; senior housing sale.

Nov 2, 2011

Sanofi announces layoffs, closure of Bridgewater RD site

Pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced Wednesday it will close a Bridgewater facility as part of a restructuring of its research and development operations that will result in an unspecified amount of layoffs throughout the company.

Nov 2, 2011

Horizon offshoot expands its patient-centered care model to Medicaid beneficiaries

Medicaid patients in Newark are the focus of an expanding a program intended to ease strain on emergency rooms, increase preventative care and support family physicians.

Nov 2, 2011

Demolition begins on long-vacant South Jersey shopping center that will become mixed-use project

Demolition began Tuesday on the former Grants and Acme shopping center, in Clementon, a move designed to make way for the long-awaited redevelopment of the 30-acre site, which is to include a mix of townhomes and commercial space, which could include office, retail and restaurant tenants.

Nov 2, 2011

CEO points to ‘huge national implications’ of N.J. After 3 partnership

As the board of trustees for New Jersey After 3 hammers out details with the government about its role in creating statewide after-school programming, CEO Mark Valli is turning what had been a bleak situation into an opportunity to innovate.

Nov 2, 2011

Private sector adds 110,000 jobs, but unable to reverse unemployment rate

Private-sector companies added 110,000 jobs in October, according to the latest National Employment Report prepared by Automatic Data Processing, released this morning.

Nov 2, 2011

Deals and Moves November 2

California acquisition; trans-Atlantic gaming; $8.5 million in new capital.

Nov 1, 2011

BG lands specialty foods unit of Unilever in 325M deal

Parsippany-based B&G Foods announced Friday it entered into a deal with Unilever to buy Culver Specialty Brands in a $325 million deal it said should immediately add to B&G's earnings and cash flow.

Nov 1, 2011

Billtrust inks license deal with multibillion-dollar SunGard

Over the past several years, Billtrust President and CEO Flint Lane continually found his billing solutions customers were overlapping with collections clients of SunGard, a large, private IT company that specializes in financial services.

Nov 1, 2011

Toys R Us reaches deal to expand its Asian influence

In a move to broaden its presence in Asia, Toys R Us announced Tuesday it has purchased a majority stake in retailer Li & Fung Group's existing business operations in China and Southeast Asia.