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Sandy relief could ease the pain of austerity measures
Press file photo: Taking a chainsaw to the federal budget. Here's a question: What do you fear more, a recession or the federal debt? Common wisdom at the end of last year told us that consumers and...
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Big Super Bowl winner? Farmers
NJ Press Media file photo of a goat. That is a goat, isn't it? Nice try, Chrysler, for appealing during the Super Bowl to the farmer in all of us. It almost worked. I considered going out and buying a...
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Frank Pallone, echoing Chris Christie, tells FEMA to pick up the pace
Press file photo Sandy flood victims are being put through the bureaucratic maze to file claims through the National Flood Insurance Program, a local Congressman said Wednesday. Meantime, Rep. Frank...
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Snow day: Sandy aid website would need a name
APP file photo: Answers. We want answers. I can't remember who said it, but each time it snows, we in the media scamper to the local hardware store and interview people who are buying shovels. And yet,...
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State’s tourism campaign promoting the Jersey Shore reveals cracks
APP file photo: Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno speaks at a tourism conference in 2011 Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno yesterday kicked off a new marketing campaign for the tourism industry called "Show Your Love for the...
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Rejected by bankers, companies turn to crowdfunding
APP file photo: Maybe these folks can help. Turned down by the bank? Not sure where to turn to next? The U.S. Small Business Administration is sponsoring a three-day webinar for entrepreneurs to teach...
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Survey on corporate reputations: too big to fail still irks us
AP file photo from the recent World Economic Forum in Davos. More than four years after the financial bubble collapsed, the public still has not forgiven the too-big-to-fail companies that made it...
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Economy: Just when you thought it was safe to come out
Press file photo: More hurdles. Just when you, or at least I, thought the economy was getting ready to take the next step, we come to find out this week that we're not quite there yet. Three factors...
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PSE&G shows corporate America can look long term
NJ Press Media: Gold star to these guys. So here we are, digesting the payroll tax increase that went into effect in January; digging deeper to pay for the annual spike in gasoline prices; and back on...
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Yahoo? Not quite. Working from home poses its own challenges
APP file photo It was supposed to be so civilized. I was going to cover Gov. Christie's press conference in Union Beach, then head back to my home in Atlantic Highlands, write my story, make a few...
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Sequester would end if only preschoolers could vote
Press file photo: Rise up, young people! Sequester Day Four. The federal budget cuts that went into effect on Friday will lower growth in the U.S. economy from 2 percent to 1.7 percent this year,...
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New Jersey’s employment since Sandy bounces back
Press file photo: Back to work The region's job market, thrown into turmoil last October by superstorm Sandy, has rebounded quickly, a report released Monday by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank...
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Report: More marijuana tests come back positive
AP file photo: I'm not even sure this is illegal anymore. Perhaps job seekers have been out of the work force for a long time. But now that employers appear to be hiring more, applicants might be...
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Northshore puts risk aside, re-opens in Sea Bright
Northshore's new location in Sea Bright. Northshore Menswear in Sea Bright re-opened in a new location on the ocean-side of Ocean Avenue that owner Brian George says is the highest elevation in town....
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New Jersey’s job market only half-way back
AP file photo: Echooooooo!!! New Jersey is gaining traction getting out of its economic hole, but don't look up. There's a long way to go. *The state reported yesterday that New Jersey added 66,400...
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Silly season begins with jab on the economy
Press file photo: Rising tide lifts all boats. Silly season, also known as the political campaign, is officially underway, courtesy of Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick, who pointed out that Gov....
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Wells Fargo bankers: business loan growth jumped last year
AP file photo: Looking up? New Jersey business owners ramped up their demand for loans in 2012, Wells Fargo's banking team said today, a sign that employment growth may not be far behind. Small...
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Toms River dentist’s military service a team effort
Press file photo of National Guard members. Giant employers Johnson & Johnson, Merck, even Meridian Health have no doubt scrambled to fill in for an employee called up by the New Jersey Guard and...
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Rutgers scandal teaches that harassment policies need common sense to work
NJ Press Media: A skill you will never, ever need. The Rutgers-Mike Rice debacle should have employers rethinking their anti-harassment policies - and, perhaps, remember when things get tough to use...
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U.S. job market in March: In like a lion, out like a lamb
NJ Press Media file photo: Baaaahhh In the "can't say we weren't warned" category, the U.S. Labor Department reported today that the job market slowed in March. It created 88,000 jobs, about half as...
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