NJEDA Awards $15M in Grants to Support 39 Organizations Under A.R.T. Phase II
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MORE WOMEN HOLD TOP BANKING JOBS, BUT NUMBERS ARE STILL LOW
By Richard Newman/The Record October 30, 2011 When Michelle Y. Lee, Wells Fargo’s regional president for retail and business banking in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, was growing up in Newar…
Read More >EDA ENHANCES PROGRAM TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR NEW JERSEY SMALL BUSINESSES
TRENTON, N.J. (Oct. 27, 2011) – As part of the Christie Administration’s ongoing effort to support small business growth and community investment, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) h…
Read More >N.J. BUSINESS OWNERS ANTICIPATE IMPROVING SALES, MORE HIRES
By Phil Gregory/WHYY Newsworks October 27, 2011 Business owners in New Jersey say they are more optimistic about the future. Seventy percent of the business executives surveyed by the New Jersey Cham…
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 Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 36 West State St., Trenton, NJ 08625. A copy of the proposed a…
Read More >AT CHAMBER BREAKFAST, BUSINESS OWNERS TAKE UPBEAT TONE
By Melinda Caliendo/NJBIZ October 25, 2011 The mood was decidedly optimistic at the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce Economic Outlook Breakfast this morning. “People in the state of New Jersey ar…
Read More >NEW BRUNSWICK-BASED INTERSECT FUND HELPS LOW-INCOME ENTREPRENEURS
By Bob Makin/myCentralJersey.com October 25, 2011 CENTRAL JERSEY — New Brunswick increasingly is a tale of two cities: development and opportunity for some, employment challenges and other economic h…
Read More >FREE FINANCIAL SEMINAR FOR BUSINESSES SET
Clifton Journal October 21, 2011 Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders announced that Passaic County Department of Economic Development and William Paterson University Small Business Development…
Read More >ANOTHER NEW JERSEY BANK PAYS OFF TARP
By Richard Newman/The Record October 20, 2011 Pascack Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Pascack Community Bank, said Wednesday that it has repaid the $3.9 million it received in 2009 from the fed…
Read More >NORTH JERSEY COMMUNITY BANK EXPANDS TO MONMOUTH COUNTY
By Richard Newman/The Record October 19, 2011 Fast-growing North Jersey Community Bank in Englewood Cliffs is expanding its reach beyond North Jersey. CEO Frank Sorrentino hosted a ribbon cutting cer…
Read More >STATE OFFICIALS CLOSE CRANFORD-BASED FIRST STATE BANK OVER POOR ASSET QUALITY
By Eliot Caroom/Star-Ledger October 17, 2011 State officials yesterday closed Cranford-based First State Bank and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced Northfield Bank of Staten Island …
Read More >DESPITE CRANFORD LENDER’S FAILURE, N.J.-BASED BANKS STILL STRONG, OBSERVERS SAY
By Beth Fitzgerald/NJBIZ October 17, 2011 The failure Friday of the two-branch First State Bank, in Cranford, and its takeover by Northfield Bank was the 79th nationwide for the Federal Deposit Insur…
Read More >BANK OF AMERICA HIRES SMALL-BUSINESS BANKERS AS IT CUTS WALL STREET JOBS
By Kirsten Grind/Portfolio.com October 14, 2011 If you were waiting for a sign that small business—and not Wall Street—is the economic growth engine of the United States, here it is. Bank of America …
Read More >NJ CREDIT UNIONS CAMPAIGNING TO RAISE BUSINESS LENDING LIMIT
By Richard Newman/The Record October 14, 2011 New Jersey’s credit unions, locked in a perennial turf war with banks, ramped up their marketing efforts this week to present themselves as potential job…
Read More >NORTH JERSEY NON-PROFITS GET HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS
By Harvey Lipman/The Record October 14, 2011 Eleven non-profits in Bergen and Passaic counties received federal grants of as much as $75,000 each to be used to improve security at their properties, t…
Read More >CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES FUNDING TO SPUR SMALL BUSINESS LENDING AND JOB CREATION IN NEW JERSEY
TRENTON, NJ – Governor Chris Christie today announced that the State of New Jersey has been approved by the U.S. Department of Treasury for $33.8 million in funding through the State Small Business Cr…
Read More >FINANCIAL PLANNING ESSENTIAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
By Dan Serra/McClatchy-Tribune News Service October 12, 2011 Small businesses are the lifeblood of the American economy. And the people who run them are the heart that pumps out successful stories. B…
Read More >PARTNERSHIP FOR ACTION WORKS TO KEEP GOYA FOODS IN NEW JERSEY
TRENTON, N.J. (Oct. 11, 2011) – The Board of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) today approved an award to Goya Foods under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Program to encourage the c…
Read More >CREDIT UNIONS AIM MARKETING AT DISSATISFIED BANK CUSTOMERS
By Jared Kaltwasser/NJBIZ October 11, 2011 The head of a North Jersey credit union says increasing consumer frustration with banks is helping credit unions gain a greater foothold in the Garden State…
Read More >HISPANIC OWNER OF PATERSON COMPANY WINS SMALL BUSINESS AWARD
By Richard Newman/The Record October 6, 2011 Paterson small-business owner Odilo Vazquez, 66, emigrated from Galicia, Spain, to Newark more than 40 years ago to pursue the American dream. He earned a…
Read More >LT. GOV. GUADAGNO TOUTS N.J. BUSINESSES IN VISITS TO TWO NORTH JERSEY FIRMS
By Karen Sudol/The Record October 3, 2011 Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno continued to show the state government’s support for Garden State businesses by visiting two companies in North Jersey on Monday as …
Read More >PRINCETON POWER SYSTEMS UNVEILS ‘AN ISLAND IN THE SUN’ DEMONSTRATION SITE, NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN NEW JERSEY
PRINCETON, N.J. (Sept. 29, 2011) – Flanked by industry colleagues and key dignitaries, Princeton Power Systems (PPS) yesterday unveiled its ‘An Island in the Sun’ demonstration site that boasts a 200 …
Read More >NOTICE OF FORT MONMOUTH ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY MEETING
A meeting of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Tinton Falls Municipal Building, 556 Tinton Avenue, Tinton Falls, …
Read More >HOW COMMUNITY BANKS ARE WOOING SMALL-BUSINESS CUSTOMERS
By Gwen Moran/Entrepreneur September 28, 2011 The small-business lending situation is a lesson in irony: Despite government efforts to spark more lending, uptake is down. In June, the SBA reported tha…
Read More >FOUR N.J. BANKS GET $25 MILLION FOR SMALL BIZ LENDING
By Ed Beeson/Star-Ledger September 28, 2011 The U.S. Treasury announced today it doled out $25.6 million to four New Jersey community banks as part of an effort to drum up lending to small businesses….
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, October 11, 2011 at 36 West State St., Trenton, NJ 08625. A copy of the proposed ag…
Read More >LT. GOVERNOR KIM GUADAGNO HELPS HONOR LEGISLATORS & BUSINESS ADVOCATES IN A.C.
By Rick Ritter/NBC40 September 27, 2011 ATLANTIC CITY- Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno helped the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce honor four legislators and three business advocates for their outstanding eco…
Read More >5 NJ BANKS MAKE SANDLER O’NEILL “SM-ALL STAR” TEAM
By Richard Newman/The Record September 27, 2011 New Jersey had five banks this year on Sandler O’Neill & Partners’ annual list of 25 “Sm-All Star Banks,” which, in the New York City-based investment b…
Read More >RETAIL VACANCY RATE IMPROVES IN NORTH, CENTRAL JERSEY
By Joan Verdon/The Record September 26, 2011 The retail vacancy rate in North and Central New Jersey improved slightly in July, coming in at 8.06 percent, the lowest rate since January, 2009, accordi…
Read More >VIEW THE PRESENTATION GIVEN AT THE “BUILDING VITALITY” PANEL SESSION, HELD ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 AS PART OF THE GOVERNOR’S CONFERENCE ON HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Read More >VIEW THE PRESENTATION GIVEN AT THE “GROWING INNOVATION” PANEL SESSION, HELD ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 AS PART OF THE GOVERNOR’S CONFERENCE ON HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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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 Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Freehold Agricultural Building, 4000 Kozloski Road, Freehold, NJ…
Read More >FORT MONMOUTH ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY MARKS NEW BEGINNING
Christie Administration Reaffirms its Commitment to Economic Development for the Fort Property Eatontown, NJ (September 15, 2011) – The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) will pa…
Read More >FLUITEC INTERNATIONAL ESTABLISHES CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN NJ
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (September 12, 2011) – Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno recently met with Fluitec International and Fluitec NV to celebrate the company’s decision to consolidate its U.S. operations …
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 2:00 pm on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 36 West State St., Trenton, NJ 08625. A copy of the proposed a…
Read More >N.J. STEPS IN TO HELP BUSINESSES HIT HARD BY IRENE
By Phil Gregory/88.3 WBGO FM September 7, 2011 New Jersey is taking action to help businesses recover from the damage caused by Hurricane Irene. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority is expan…
Read More >EDA BOARD APPROVES TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF MAIN STREET BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT HURRICANE IRENE-IMPACTED BUSINESSES
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Read More >LT. GOVERNOR MOVES FULL SPEED AHEAD TO PROMOTE JERSEY
By David Matthau/NJ 101.5 September 6, 2011 Even with all the recent financial uncertainty, Lut. Governor Kim Guadagno continues to cris-cross the Garden state, meeting with CEO’s and Corporate Big-W…
Read More >NOTICE OF FORT MONMOUTH ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, P. L. 1975, c. 231, Section 13, the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) here provides adequate notice of a Special Public Meeting. …
Read More >NEW JERSEY TO HELP BUSINESSES, WORKERS HIT BY STORM
By Andrew Tangel/The Record August 29, 2011 Governor Christie’s office announced a series of measures Sunday night to assist businesses and employees hit hard by Hurricane Irene. The state will offer…
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