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NOTICE OF NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
A Special Meeting of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 10 a.m. at the EDA offices at 36 West State Street, Trenton. The Members wi…
Read More >MARKETING AGENCY CHIEF: NJ IS IN THE GAME
By Hugh R. Morley/The Record July 23, 2012 * He says agency puts state “in the game.” Bernard “Bernie” Flynn has been a New Jersey deputy attorney general, counsel to the state’s commissioner of insur…
Read More >GOOGLE EVENT PUTS ONLINE PRESENCE IN STORE FOR N.J.’S SMALL BUSINESSES
By Katie Eder/NJBIZ July 23, 2012 As one of the 150,000 small-business owners in New Jersey missing out on potential customers through a Web presence, Jonathan Gratz has wanted to build a website for …
Read More >LT. GOVERNOR VISITS FAST-GROWING EATONTOWN BUSINESS
By Christopher Sheldon/Long Branch-Eatontown Patch July 20, 2012 Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno continued her tour of fast-growing New Jersey businesses on Friday morning when she visited AASKI Technology …
Read More >LT. GOVERNOR’S TOUR HIGHLIGHTS FAST GROWING BUSINESS
Kim Guadagno toured Diversant’s headquarters Wednesday By Edward Van Embden/Galloway Patch July 18, 2012 In an effort to learn the strategies employed by those New Jersey companies that have been ab…
Read More >TECH CENTRE COMPANY FEATURED IN NATURE INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
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Read More >OUT TO CONQUER THE WORLD, NEW STATEHOUSE OFFICE CONNECTS N.J. TO GLOBE
By Stacy Jones/Star-Ledger July 10, 2012 A new office of seven state employees will help New Jersey companies sell goods around the world and invite foreign firms to do business here. Eddy Mayen, dire…
Read More >GUADAGNO TOUTING N.J.’S FAST-GROWING BUSINESSES
Asbury Park Press July 8, 2012 Recognizing the central role being played by the state’s most innovative businesses in creating jobs and fueling what Gov. Chris Christie has deemed “the New Jersey Com…
Read More >NOTICE OF FORT MONMOUTH ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY MEETING
A meeting of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) Board has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Eatontown Municipal Building, 47 Broad Sstreet, Eatonto…
Read More >NEW JERSEY HELPS JOB SEEKERS AND BUSINESSES
By Dino Flammia/NJ 101.5 July 5, 2012 Maybe some things are free. In every New Jersey county, businesses and residents can find a place devoted to navigating them to success. The services provided at…
Read More >NOTICE OF NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s next public Board Meeting will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 36 West State St., Trenton, NJ 08625. A copy of the proposed agend…
Read More >FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP MEASURE JOB TRAINING RESULTS OF NEWARK WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD
By Eliot Caroom/Star-Ledger June 21, 2012 Newark’s Workforce Investment Board will get $3 million in federal funding to implement a first-of-its-kind data program measuring the effectiveness of its j…
Read More >NJ HAD NATION’S THIRD HIGHEST JOB ADDITION IN MAY
By Hugh R. Morley/The Record June 16, 2012 * Governor says rising employment figures are proof of state’s ‘comeback.’ New Jersey added more jobs in May than all but two other states, yet had the fift…
Read More >ENCOURAGING BUSINESS VENTURES AT WARREN COLLEGE’S INCUBATOR
By Katie Eder/NJBIZ June 15, 2012 After pitching the economic impact of business incubation to legislators across the state, the New Jersey Business Incubation Network has opened its 13th incubator a…
Read More >NOTICE OF FORT MONMOUTH ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY MEETING
A meeting of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority has been scheduled for June 20, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Tinton Falls Municipal Building, 556 Tinton Avenue, Tinton Falls, NJ. Formal act…
Read More >NORTH JERSEY ENTREPRENEURS BREAK INTO MOBILE APP INDUSTRY
By Mary Diduch/The Record June 12, 2012 As a second-grader, James Gammon, 8, was receiving a lot of math homework. Fortunately for him, his father had joined the growing trend of North Jersey entrep…
Read More >BROAD UNEMPLOYMENT METRIC PUTS N.J. IN MIDDLE OF PACK
By Jared Kaltwasser/NJBIZ June 11, 2012 The government’s broadest measure of unemployment and under-employment shows the labor situation in New Jersey is about average. The Bureau of Labor Statistic…
Read More >AREA BUSINESS PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT RESOURCES
By Chris Bishop/Burlington County Times June 6, 2012 Claudia B. Hawkins is a fairly new businesswoman. So any knowledge she can gain about what resources are available from state government is a plu…
Read More >NOTICE OF NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s next public Board Meeting will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at Rutgers University, Berson Boardroom @ The Center for Law and Justi…
Read More >IN SURVEY, CEOS SAY ECONOMY STABILIZING, BUT FEW PLAN TO HIRE
By Katie Eder/NJBIZ June 5, 2012 Top executives in New Jersey say their businesses and the state economy are becoming more stable, but a majority report plummeting sales volumes are affecting job cre…
Read More >NEWARK EXCITED ABOUT OPPORTUNITY TO LINK MANUFACTURING, EDUCATION
By Joshua Burd/NJBIZ May 29, 2012 Business groups, government agencies and other organizations in New Jersey can apply for federal funding under a new $26 million program that aims to build clusters …
Read More >NOTICE OF NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
A special EDA board meeting will be held on Friday, June 1, 2012 at 1 p.m., at the EDA Headquarters, 36 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625. A copy of the proposed agenda can be found prior to the me…
Read More >INCUBATOR NETWORK GETS RESOURCEFUL TO DELIVER AID TO SMALL COMPANIES
By Katie Eder/NJBIZ May 23, 2012 When the New Jersey Business Incubation Network lost incubator seed grants and $1.2 million in annual public-sector funding — funneled through the now-defunct state C…
Read More >NJ LT. GOVERNOR GUADAGNO TOUTS STATE’S JOB-CREATION EFFORTS
By Juliet Fletcher/The Record May 22, 2012 Trying to counter April’s picture of rising state unemployment, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno told lawmakers Monday the administration’s job-creation efforts were a…
Read More >BANKING ON HER EXPERIENCE
Matheus brings private-sector experience to firms seeking EDA aid By Cheryl Sarfaty/NJBIZ May 21, 2012 Sometimes, the climb up the ladder to success can get too far away from the ground floor. Such…
Read More >NEW JERSEY BUSINESSES MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE STATE’S ECONOMY
Associated Press May 18, 2012 The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce says business leaders apparently are more optimistic about the state’s economy than they were a year ago. A survey conducted by the o…
Read More >UNITED WAY RAISES $110K FOR AREA NONPROFITS
Tri-Boro Patch May 14, 2012 The United Way of Northern New Jersey raised an estimated $110,000 for the capital improvement needs of area nonprofits through the help of the real estate industry at its…
Read More >TECHLAUNCH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TRAVIS KAHN SPEAKS TO TECHCRUNCH ABOUT NEW JERSEY’S TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATOR INITIATIVE
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Read More >NOTICE OF FORT MONMOUTH ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY MEETING
A meeting of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority has been scheduled for May 16, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Eatontown Municipal Building, 47 Broad Street, Eatontown, NJ. Formal action may b…
Read More >MANUFACTURERS SEARCH FOR WORKERS TO SUSTAIN ECONOMY REVIVAL
By Michael Diamond and Alesha Williams Boyd/USA Today May 7, 2012 North Brunswick-based manufacturer XPAK USA has developed machinery that can, among other things, help PepsiCo robotically bundle dif…
Read More >SURVEY: N.J. OUTPACES NATION IN SMALL-BUSINESS JOB GROWTH
By Jared Kaltwasser/NJBIZ May 1, 2012 New Jersey small businesses hired at a slightly higher rate than the national average last month, though growth remains slow, according to a new survey. Intuit …
Read More >CAMDEN PUSHES LOCAL SHOPPING MESSAGE TO ASSIST SMALL-BUSINESS OWNERS
By Katie Eder/NJBIZ April 27, 2012 A new campaign launched today by Camden County’s Economic Development and Business Services team will partner municipalities with more than 170 local businesses to …
Read More >NOTICE OF NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s next public Board Meeting will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 36 West State St., Trenton, NJ 08625. A copy of the proposed agenda c…
Read More >ATTENTION TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS: TECHLAUNCH WANTS YOU
PR Web 4/26/2012 New Jersey wants to support technology entrepreneurs, and is putting its money where its mouth is. Applications are now open for the inaugural class of the State’s latest startup ven…
Read More >SOLAR FIRM CREATES FUND FOR NONPROFITS
By Jared Kaltwasser/NJBIZ April 26, 2012 A South Plainfield solar company is stepping up its outreach to nonprofits and municipalities, and offering them a new way to raise funds in the process. 1st…
Read More >EXPERTS FORECAST NEW JERSEY’S FISCAL CLIMATE
By Mary Diduch and Amy Rowe/RU Daily Targum April 19, 2012 Believe it or not, New Jersey’s economy is growing — slowly, but surely — but it still lags behind the nation and other states. Economic exp…
Read More >PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FROM TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATE TRANSFER PROGRAM WEBINAR
On April 18, 2012, the EDA held a webinar featuring the Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program. To review the presentation, please follow the links below: PowerPoint Presentation Recor…
Read More >NOTICE OF FORT MONMOUTH ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY MEETING
A meeting of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority has been scheduled for April 24, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Eatontown Municipal Building, 47 Broad Street, Eatontown, NJ. Formal action may…
Read More >N.J. MANUFACTURERS EXECUTIVE TO BE NAMED TO LEAD STATE’S BUSINESS ATTRACTION EFFORTS
By Andrew Kitchenman/NJBIZ April 12, 2012 Michael J. Van Wagner, vice of president of legislative affairs for New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co., has been named by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno to serve …
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