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Associations react to likely ban of bags (plastic and paper) and to-go containers — and it’s not what you might think

Food & Hospitality Tom Bergeron -
The most restrictive ban on plastic products and paper bags in the country is a signature away from becoming law in New Jersey. The essence...
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Workers in luxury rentals — seeking better pay, better treatment during pandemic — walk off job on Gold Coast

Real Estate Tom Bergeron -
More than 100 doorpersons, porters and handymen in eight luxury residential buildings on New Jersey's Gold Coast walked off their jobs Thursday morning, demanding...
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Could COVID-19 testing be coming to Newark airport with United? Maybe — but it could be a while

Industry Tom Bergeron -
When United Airlines announced Thursday it would become the first U.S. airline to launch a COVID-19 pilot testing program for travelers flying out of...
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‘Legislature took what was already a bad budget and made it worse’

Politics Tom Bergeron -
The state Senate and Assembly, as expected, passed a $32.7 billion budget Thursday — one that could come with an expanded millionaire’s sax and...
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Health Care

Transformational: Monmouth Medical Center announces $50M gift, creation of Vogel Medical Campus

Health Care Tom Bergeron -
Extraordinary …. transformational … landmark … unprecedented. It was hard for officials from Monmouth Medical Center and RWJBarnabas Health to describe the impact the...
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J&J is 4th to begin Phase 3 COVID trial: What does that mean — and what are ethics behind its science?

Health Care ROI-NJ Staff -
Johnson & Johnson became the fourth company to begin a Phase 3 assessment of its COVID-19 vaccine, announcing Wednesday it has begun a 60,000-person...

Lawrenceville contract manufacturing business sold to 2 private equity firms

Health Care Eric Strauss -
Adare Pharmaceuticals, a Lawrenceville-based contract development and manufacturing organization, has been acquired by a pair of private equity firms from another one — and...

Industry

N.J. unemployment jumps again after milestone week

Industry Eric Strauss -
After a week when unemployment claims slipped below the 20,000 mark in New Jersey, they jumped back up 25% during the week ended Sept....
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Bed Bath & Beyond, going digital-first, names new chief tech officer

Retail ROI-NJ Staff -
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has named a new chief technology officer as part of its transformation into a digital-first customer experience. Scott Lindblom, who...

Lifelong entrepreneur launches global entrepreneurship community

Industry ROI-NJ Staff -
Jack Killion has started nine successful businesses. Street-Smart Entrepreneurs — his 10th — aims to share his knowledge of those first nine to empower...

Education

Study: Women who get more help at home are more productive, happier at work — even during a pandemic

Editor's Desk Tom Bergeron -
The premise seemed obvious. When the state went on lockdown and working parents not only had to work at home, but care for their...
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William Paterson gets $1M grant to fund STEM scholarships for underserved communities

Education ROI-NJ Staff -
There has been a push to get more people from underserved communities in STEM fields. William Paterson University just got $1 million dollars’ worth...

Rutgers CUEED wins $300K federal grant for Black and Latino tech initiative

Tech Eric Strauss -
Rutgers Business School’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development has received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to strengthen its...

Finance

‘This budget pretty clearly represents a refutation of austerity budgeting’

Editor's Desk Tom Bergeron -
We get it: You either love the budget or hate the budget. And almost every member of the business community will take the second...
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NJM names Joshua Kalafer to its board of directors

Finance ROI-NJ Staff -
NJM Insurance Group, the West Trenton-based property and casualty insurer, has named Joshua Kalafer, co-owner of Flemington Car and Truck Country, to its board...

Siekerka: Tax relief can only come when there’s increased spending, needless borrowing and higher taxes. What am I missing?

Op-Ed ROI-NJ Staff -
The year 2020 has been like no other. Yet, it seems nothing changes in Trenton. I was taken aback when Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative...

Law

Lifestyle

Vauxhall BBQ guru named SBA’s N.J. Small Business Person of the Year

Food & Hospitality Eric Strauss -
The owner of a Vauxhall barbecue restaurant is the U.S. Small Business Administration’s New Jersey Small Business Person of the Year for 2020, the...
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Caesars names Grace to lead Tropicana A.C.

Food & Hospitality ROI-NJ Staff -
Caesars Entertainment Inc., the parent of the Tropicana Atlantic City, has named a new senior vice president and general manager for the resort this...

Campbell Soup hires chief culture officer, tasked with implementing I&D strategy

Industry Eric Strauss -
Campbell Soup Co. has named a new chief culture officer, the Camden-based food products company said this week. Camille Pierce, who will also serve as...

Politics

NJPP hires development director to oversee fundraising

Politics ROI-NJ Staff -
The think tank New Jersey Policy Perspective has named a new development director, responsible for overseeing organizational fundraising. Jennifer Fekete-Donners had been associate director of...
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Murphy optimistic about upcoming budget vote — says proposal will do ‘tremendous good’

Politics ROI-NJ Staff -
Gov. Phil Murphy said he is proud of the budget his team has agreed upon with the state Legislature, saying it will go a...

Keep it simple, New Jersey: Make budget serve residents

Op-Ed ROI-NJ Staff -
Sometimes, the simpler a problem is made, the clearer the solution becomes. For New Jersey, our most onerous fiscal problem is our unsustainable debt...

Real Estate

Collingswood office building sells for $600K

Real Estate ROI-NJ Staff -
A Collingswood office building has sold for $600,000, with an advertising firm relocating there from Philadelphia, according to real estate firm Markeim Chalmers Inc. The...
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Plainfield breaks ground on $19.3M redevelopment of housing project

Real Estate Eric Strauss -
The Housing Authority of Plainfield has broken ground on a $19.3 million redevelopment project that will bring more than 50 new apartments to the...

Union apartment complex is fully leased, developer announces; second phase in the works

Real Estate Eric Strauss -
A luxury apartment complex in Union has finished leasing its first phase, according to developer American Landmark Development. Centurion Union, a five-story downtown property at...

Tech

Synchronoss CEO resigns after investigation; interim leader named

Tech ROI-NJ Staff -
Synchronoss Technologies Inc., the Bridgewater-based cloud and Internet of Things technology firm, said CEO and President Glenn Lurie has resigned following a review of...
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Private equity firm completes deal for Majesco

Tech ROI-NJ Staff -
Thoma Bravo, a California-based private equity firm, has completed its $594 million acquisition of Morristown-based cloud insurance software solutions business Majesco, the two announced...

LSC announces $5M gift will be used to renovate 163-foot-tall pyramidal tower

Tech Tom Bergeron -
Betty Wold Johnson, the matriarch of Johnson & Johnson, was an extraordinary philanthropist, humanitarian and patron of the arts. She also was a big science...

Opinion

Op-Ed

STEM programs cost more, but are worth investment for N.J.

ROI-NJ Staff -
In today’s world, technology is both indispensable and inescapable. Just about every facet of our society is changing rapidly due to technological innovation. Whether...
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Op-Ed

Illicit budget raid of Clean Communities fund will gut litter cleanup programs in N.J.

ROI-NJ Staff -
After 40 years in Trenton as a business executive and president of the New Jersey Clean Communities Council, I recognize that these are difficult...
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Editor's Desk

Happy anniversary to us! ROI-NJ turns 3

Tom Bergeron -
There’s been a long-running joke in the ROI-NJ newsroom. What’s the crazier idea: Starting a media organization in 2017 — or taking full ownership...
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Multimedia

Top Stories

Amazon opens Avenel delivery station — third such debut in September

Logistics & Distribution Eric Strauss -
Amazon has opened another New Jersey delivery station, it said, this one in Avenel — the third such announcement in less than two weeks. The...
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BPU approves PSE&G’s Clean Energy Future proposal — which comes with numerous programs to help businesses of all sizes

Energy & Utilities Tom Bergeron -
Public Service Electric & Gas officials were ecstatic Wednesday afternoon after the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved a number of programs in...
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PDI names new head of R&D

Health Care ROI-NJ Staff -
PDI, a Woodcliff Lake-based infection prevention solutions company, has named a new head of research & development, it announced this week. The company said veteran...
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Ortho gets $12.85M BARDA contract for ongoing COVID test work

Health Care ROI-NJ Staff -
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a Raritan-based in vitro diagnostics company, has been awarded a $12.85 million government contract to continue its work on a COVID-19...
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University Hospital awarded $182K to help enroll residents in ACA programs

Health Care Tom Bergeron -
University Hospital has been awarded $182,203 in state grant funding to help enroll under- and uninsured New Jersey residents in Affordable Care Act health...
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1 year later, Choose says mission trip to India proving to be success

Politics Tom Bergeron -
It may seem like a lifetime ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Gov. Phil Murphy’s trade mission trip to India with Choose New...
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How 2020 is this? Quest piloting drone delivery of COVID-19 tests

Health Care Tom Bergeron -
How’s this for the ultimate in touchless service? Secaucus-based Quest Diagnostics announced Tuesday it is teaming up with Walmart and DroneUp on a pilot program...
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Investment firm hires CEO for health care portfolio company

Health Care ROI-NJ Staff -
Ignite Venture Studio, a Princeton-based investment company focused on the digital health and beauty sectors, has hired a CEO for a new portfolio company...
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Digital pharmacy company raises $5M in seed round

Health Care ROI-NJ Staff -
DiRx Inc., a digital health company focused on access to generic drugs, raised $5 million in a seed funding round, it announced recently. The Monroe-based...
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Acquisition company is buying CARiD.com operator Onyx

Tech ROI-NJ Staff -
Legacy Acquisition Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cranbury-based Onyx Enterprises Int’l. Corp., owner and operator of CARiD.com, an e-commerce platform for...
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Digital Edition

ROI-NJ presents the online edition of its Sept. 7, 2020, issue

Opinion Eric Strauss -
We are pleased to present the electronic version of ROI-NJ’s latest print issue. You can either scroll through the pages below or click the...

Keep on truckin’: Lack of young drivers has transport veterans concerned, but they say...

Industry Brett Johnson -
Steve Quadrel is a third-generation trucker. And his daughter is an entomologist, studying insects for a living. That's one way of saying that the next...

N.J. maintains No. 1 ranking in public education — its top talking point when...

Education Eric Strauss -
Whether it’s a New Jersey company he’s working with to expand its operations, a U.S.-based business he’s trying to relocate to the state or...

Boonton accounting firm offers child care for employees — even during COVID-19

Finance Eric Strauss -
Boonton-based accounting firm SKC & Co. reopened its office July 1. It was a way the firm could help its clients with extended tax...

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