$2.5M CSIT Clean Demonstration program offering grants to support startups testing prototypes
The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology will launch the Pilot Clean Tech Demonstration Program, a competitive $2.5 million program to support New Jersey companies accelerating the commercialization and deployment of innovative...
Nonprofit’s goal: Help midlevel women reach new heights
Quid pro quo in the financial circles that Varsha Waishampayan spent most of her career in wasn’t hard to figure out.
But getting business leaders to voluntarily commit 10 months of their time to mentoring...
Chubb makes unsolicited $23B+ offer for The Hartford
Chubb Ltd., the property and casualty insurer, has made an unsolicited takeover offer for fellow P&C firm The Hartford, the two firms announced this week. The offer is worth in excess of $23 billion.
Chubb,...
Crum & Forster names veteran employee, Woods, as chief marketing officer
Crum & Forster's Accident & Health unit on Monday announced it named Lauren Woods as its chief marketing officer.
Woods, who has had responsibility for A&H's marketing & communications, business development and direct employer stop...
For Walthour, suit is about equal opportunity for Black-owned businesses
John Harmon said he doesn’t need to go into the specifics of Jacob Walthour’s lawsuit against the state of New Jersey — one in which Walthour said his financial firm, Blueprint Capital Advisors, had...
Princeton’s MIH acquires complete ownership of Bermuda Stock Exchange
Miami International Holdings, the Princeton-based holding company of the MIAX, has acquired complete ownership of the Bermuda Stock Exchange, it announced recently.
MIH had announced the acquisition of a majority interest in the BSX in...
GSI to host Economic Policy Forum on May 2
Regina Egea wasn’t surprised when she heard about the op-ed in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal, one that predicted huge problems for high-tax states such as New York and California — and, of course, New...
World Insurance Associates acquires Millburn’s Szerlip, N.C.’s LCL Insurance
World Insurance Associates, a Top 100 Insurance brokerage firm in Tinton Falls, announced this week that it has acquired Szerlip & Co. of Millburn and LCL Insurance of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Terms of the transactions...
Kalafer happily shares tax reform wealth with workers
Steve Kalafer, the founding chairman of the Flemington Car and Truck Family of Brands, gave $500 to each of his more than 700 full-time employees Monday morning for one simple reason: It’s the right...
EDA delays start of application process for Small Biz Emergency Loan Program
Preregistration for Phase 2 of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Small Business Emergency Assistance Loan Program will not begin Feb. 10 as previously announced. A new preregistration date has not been announced.
EDA officials...
