NJBIZ

Mar 7, 2012

Trenton lobbyist spending surges for second straight year

Lobbyist spending in New Jersey surged for the second straight year, growing by 11.2 percent, to $73.3 million, in 2011, driven by mass-media advertising.

Mar 7, 2012

ADP report Private sector added 216,000 jobs in February

Private-sector nonfarm employment grew by 216,000 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in February, according to the national employment report released today by Roseland-based Automatic Data Processing, which revised its January numbers upward to 173,000, from the initial report of 170,000.

Mar 7, 2012

Deals and Moves March 7

Retail purchase, videoconferencing software, clinical partnership.

Mar 6, 2012

Expert Foreclosure backlog too mighty to be solved by proposed bill

A bill advancing in the Assembly that would use affordable housing funds to purchase foreclosed homes would not address the severity of the foreclosure backlog, an industry expert said.

Mar 6, 2012

State releases charity care funding levels

The state Department of Health and Senior Services this week released hospital-specific funding levels for state safety-net programs, including charity care, the Hospital Relief Subsidy Fund and the Graduate Medical Education Fund.

Mar 6, 2012

Telecommuters expose their employers to N.J. tax, court says

An appeals court last week upheld the state's right to impose corporate taxes on out-of-state companies that use New Jersey-based telecommuters, but a tax expert says the implications of the ruling are more complicated than they appear at first blush.

Mar 6, 2012

Deals and Moves March 6

Travel reviews partnership, consulting firm formation, mobile payment market expansion

Mar 5, 2012

Somerset to host business outreach session as part of regional plan creation

The Somerset County Business Partnership and county freeholders will complete another step in creating the county's comprehensive economic development strategy, or CEDS, when they host a business outreach session March 14.

Mar 5, 2012

Vitale authors bill to expand health screening coverage to adoptees

For New Jersey adoptees, questions about family medical history can be difficult to answer, but state Sen. Joseph Vitale has authored a bill to expand early screening insurance coverage to adoptees.

Mar 5, 2012

Webinar puts focus on social media role in disaster planning

The U.S. Small Business Administration and Agility Recovery Solutions will host a webinar March 13 to show small-business owners the benefits of social media as a communication method for employees and customers during emergencies.