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Feb 24, 2012

Broker predicts retail rents have hit bottom

The picture for retail leasing in northern and central New Jersey continues to improve, boosted by a series of recent transactions in those regions going back to late last year, according to the brokerage firm Goldstein Group.

Feb 24, 2012

Choose N.J.’s new home signifies growth

Choose New Jersey, the marketing arm of Gov. Chris Christie's three-part economic development group, took on its first independent space in Princeton after increasing its staff and expanding its strategic plan to bring more businesses to the state.

Feb 24, 2012

State symposium offers tips to women entrepreneurs

On Thursday, about 200 women attended a symposium on entrepreneurship in Princeton hosted by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and New Jersey Division on Women.

Feb 24, 2012

Deals and Moves Feb. 24

Water services sale, natural medicine transaction, retail lease acquirement

Feb 23, 2012

Robert Wood Johnson, Somerset hospitals agree to partner

Somerset Medical Center, in Somerville, and New Brunswick’s Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will form a partnership, the boards of directors at both hospitals announced Thursday evening.

Feb 23, 2012

EDA backs program to accelerate tech company growth

Technology companies will receive aid in their effort to accelerate their growth under a program sponsored by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.

Feb 23, 2012

Employer groups unite against increase to minimum wage

A proposed increase in the state minimum wage, from $7.25 to $8.50 per hour, advanced out of a legislative committee today over united opposition from employer representatives.

Feb 23, 2012

South Jersey bank issues first cash dividend to ownership

Vineland-based Capital Bank of New Jersey, which opened in 2007, will pay its first cash dividend to its ownership, which is comprised mostly of nearly 500 South Jersey business owners and residents, according to the bank's president and CEO.

Feb 23, 2012

Burlington County College president reflects on legacy as he retires

After quadrupling campus size, increasing enrollment sevenfold and nearly doubling the number of academic programs over his 25-year tenure, Burlington County College President Robert C. Messina Jr. will retire Feb. 29.

Feb 23, 2012

Deals and Moves Feb. 23

Cruise renovation, commercial lease extension, software's global expansion.

Feb 22, 2012

N.J. nonprofit gets 100M loan to prepare insurance plans for state-run exchange

A new private, nonprofit, consumer-directed health insurance group in New Jersey, sponsored by the Freelancers Union, has been awarded a loan of more than $100 million under the Affordable Care Act to set up and maintain affordable health plans for individuals and small businesses.

Feb 22, 2012

Women in Banking event puts focus on leadership, mentoring

The New Jersey Bankers Association's second annual Women in Banking Conference will feature sessions on leadership, mentoring and other topics of interest to professional women, according to one of the program's organizers.