Recently added articles from New Jersey Business:
Smart Ventures: Payroll Processing Perfection
Feb 01, 2009; ... Linden native Jerry Carter and Priority Pay are an American success story. Graduating with an MBA from Kansas State University, Carter anticipated becoming a Wall Street broker, but instead worked successively as a salesman for two large payroll companies. He thought the businesses could ...
Striving for Solutions: Workforce and Economic Development in the Garden State
Feb 01, 2009; ... Governor Corzine asserted that the recent 2008 Governor's Conference on Workforce & Economic Development would provide an outlook for the national and state economies, as well as "explore practical strategies to grow businesses and train workers in the skills relevant to jobs in New ...
South Jersey
Feb 01, 2009; ... To paraphrase the literary giant D.H. Lawrence, these are essentially tragic times, so people refuse to take them tragically. Indeed, while a host of economic reports reveal devastatingly negative information, some leaders point to positive news. South Jersey, for example, has historically ...
Downshifting
Feb 01, 2009; ... Truckers have been through a rollercoaster year, dealing with toll increases in Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey, record-high diesel prices and managing a slowdown in the movement of freight that started in 2007. The industry has grudgingly backed toll increases to improve ...
The Road to Recovery
Feb 01, 2009; ... It's an interesting time to become DOT commissioner. Billions of dollars are expected to come the agency's way from the state and federal governments. These funds will be used on a series of transportation infrastructure projects in an effort to get the New Jersey economy on track toward a ...
Public Policy Forum
Feb 01, 2009; ... In his continued attempts to boost New Jersey's sagging economy, Governor Jon Corzine signed legislation, in front of 250 business leaders at this year's NJBIA Public Policy Forum (PPF), that authorizes $120 million in grants to stimulate capital investment and job creation in the Garden ...
Banks Are Lending
Feb 01, 2009; ... Unlike the large, money center banks and Wall Street firms that made sub-prime mortgages and other risky loans, the state's locally-based banks have been conservative lenders who, throughout their history, have erred on the side of caution and security to make sure their advances would be ...
2009 Business Outlook
Jan 01, 2009; ... Summary The business outlook among New Jersey employers has fallen sharply to levels not seen since the state's two previous recessions, and their plans for hiring more workers have fallen to the lowest level in 18 years, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association has found in ...
Obesity
Jan 01, 2009; ... It's a constant refrain in our culture: Americans are overweight and obese, and the health consequences are wide ranging and disturbing. Also troubling is the increase in our population's obesity since the early 1990s. At that time, the Centers for Disease Control reported that no state with ...
Tough-Times Leadership
Jan 01, 2009; ... Saint Peter's College recently held its 37th Annual Regents Business Symposium at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City. Long-time moderator Patricia Q. Sheehan introduced the event's speakers, who included: Anthony R. Coscia, Esq., chairman, board of commissioners, Port Authority of NewYork/New Jersey; ...
Construction with a Conscience
Jan 01, 2009; ... "Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote your-self to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning." Richard Cureton, president of Whitesell Construction Co., Delran, one of southern New Jersey's major developers, cites this ...
A Learning Curve
Jan 01, 2009; ... "All you have to do is stand by the doorway of a new school and watch the kids walk through the threshold. You can see the self esteem pouring out of them ... There's nothing like hearing them say, 'I can't believe this is for us,' " says Scott Weiner, as he reminisces about his extraordinary ...
Recession Survival
Jan 01, 2009; ... New Jersey businesses spent the final months of 2008 scrambling to stem their losses as sales, profits and employment levels plummeted amid a global credit crisis and downturn that jolted the state's economy. "I wish I could point to a couple of major sectors and say that the problems ...
Bikes, Buses & Trains
Jan 01, 2009; ... Double-decker trains, free gas cards, expanded bus and rail routes, and the state's first commuter bike station - complete with locker rooms and showers - are among the programs helping New Jersey businesses and employees cut the time, expense and stress of getting to work. It's hard to ...
THE BUILDING BLOCK: Bold Moves: Smart Growth Economic Development Coalition
Jan 01, 2009 ... Ted Zangari, a member of the law firm Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross, P.C. (offices in Newark, Princeton and Manhattan), notes special crises afflicting New Jersey. First, there is a sizeable out-migration of residents and jobs from the state and second, there is a "real estate development ...
KBS REIT II Acquires Final Four Office Building in Florham Park
Dec 01, 2008; ... In the culmination of one of the Northeast's largest commercial real estate acquisitions of the year, KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, a publicly offered, non-traded real estate investment trust, purchases the final four of six office buildings at Park Avenue at Morris County, a ...
Tristar: Infomercial Leaders In Lifestyle Products
Dec 01, 2008; ... Familiar faces in the middle of the night are telling you to "buy this and you'll see amazing results." Who is behind the myriad infomercials that seem to catch you while you're channel surfing the night away? Fairfield-based Tristar Products, Inc., more than likely. Established ...
Crossing Threshold Into Recession, Alliance Construction Forecast a Record Breaker
Dec 01, 2008; ... A record total of $36.8 billion in public and private construction projects over the next two years is expected in the Garden State, even though the nation has crossed the threshold into a recession, businesses are facing a banking credit crunch and New Jersey once again is preparing to deal ...
Few Positive Signs in 2009: Seen at NRBP Forecast
Dec 01, 2008; ... Two of three economists who gathered at the recent Newark Regional Business Partnership outlook conference expect the economy to get a whole lot worse before getting better. The $700-billion federal bailout will get the job done in reviving the financial industry and easing the credit crunch, ...
Meet NJBIA's Trustees: Celestina S. Quintana
Dec 01, 2008; ... In 1992, Celestina S. Quintana opened her first McDonald's restaurant in North Bergen. Today, she owns an additional nine McDonald's, including stores in Jersey City, East Orange, Irvington and Newark. Quintana says, "To be offered a McDonald's restaurant is really an honor, whether it's ...