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Oct 21, 2011

Survey finds slowly increasing number of women in top corporate posts

Women have increasingly joined the upper ranks of the greater Philadelphia region's largest companies, but a new survey finds the pace of growth has been relatively slow.

Oct 21, 2011

NJIT’s angel investment forum attracts creativity, capital

The intersection of investors, inventors and mentors occurred Friday morning at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, which hosted the 2011 Angel Investor Forum.

Oct 21, 2011

Labor announces 3.6M in grants to retrain laid-off pharma workers

The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Friday announced the availability of $3.6 million in federal funding for retraining and re-employment opportunities for pharmaceutical workers who have been laid off.

Oct 21, 2011

Bayer picks Whippany, will consolidate operations at former Alcatel-Lucent site

About 2,500 Bayer HealthCare employees could begin to move as soon as 2013 to the former Alcatel-Lucent campus in Hanover, which the pharmaceutical maker has picked as the site of its new East Coast headquarters, a company spokeswoman said.

Oct 21, 2011

Retail watcher Durbin Amendment impact will devastate small businesses

Heartland Payment Systems, of Princeton, has been tracking the impact of the so-called Durbin Amendment, which caps bank fees charged to retailers for debit card transactions, since the law went into effect Oct. 1.

Oct 21, 2011

Economic development council names Choose N.J. chief to board

Tracye McDaniel, president and CEO of Princeton-based Choose New Jersey, was elected by the nominating committee of the International Economic Development Council to serve on its board of directors for a two-year term.

Oct 21, 2011

Deals Moves October 21

Irene slams income; new dosage gets OK; strong quarter for Honeywell.



Oct 20, 2011

Magazine names 8 of N.J.’s best working moms to listing

Working Mother magazine has named eight Garden State women to its "Working Mothers of the Year" list, comprised of 66 moms from around the country and several companies with strong New Jersey ties to its 100 Best Companies list. The winners will be honored tonight in Manhattan.

Oct 20, 2011

Exploring ways for employers to offer efficient long-term benefits

Providing health care benefits for employees is a complicated affair for most employers, but factoring in those preparing to retire or already retired can make a daunting situation more difficult to navigate.

Oct 20, 2011

Baroni keys local chamber into Port Authority opportunities

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey offers many opportunities for small to midsized businesses to pursue contracts, its deputy executive director, Bill Baroni, told the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce earlier this week.

Oct 20, 2011

N.J. unemployment drops, but total employment also falls

While New Jersey’s unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points — from 9.4 percent to 9.2 percent — in September, the total number of jobs in the state fell by 11,100, according to the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Oct 20, 2011

Kessler buyer has experience converting hospitals to medical malls

The former William B. Kessler Memorial Hospital, in Hammonton, has been acquired by Community Healthcare Associates, which redeveloped the former Barnert Hospital, in Paterson, into a medical mall, and now has similar plans for Kessler.