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Checking it twice: Have you checked your withholdings? Experts warn you should

Sticker shock. It’s a phrase accountants hope their clients won’t use when they get their tax bill. And one they aren’t supposed to get if one believes the name of the Tax Cuts and Jobs...

Hispanic business community still struggling to get attention from banking industry

Carlos Medina, the chair of the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, knows the value of the organization and its members as well as anyone. That’s why he wasn’t surprised when more than...

How to thrive at fundraising: Nonprofit leader offers her recommendations

According to Helen LeFrois, Morristown-based Jersey Battered Women’s Service operates on a budget of nearly $4.6 million annually with just two full-time and two part-time staff members. LeFrois, vice president of development for the nonprofit...

EDA approves $15M lending pilot aimed at minority-, veteran-owned small businesses

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority board approved a 12-month pilot lending program to boost small business growth for minorities and veterans at a meeting Thursday. The new program, Access, will provide $15 million to...

First Bank inks new chief deposit officer

Hamilton-based First Bank announced it has appointed Emilio Cooper its new chief deposit officer and executive vice president. Cooper has more than 20 years of experience in the banking industry. He will be responsible for...

2 Newark firms named among America’s fastest-growing inner-city businesses

The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City announced two New Jersey companies have landed on its annual 2018 Inner City 100 list of the fastest-growing inner-city businesses in America based on revenue growth. ICIC is...

Investors’ health care lending leader sees industry seeking right real estate mix

Commercial real estate professionals are thinking about medical facilities like strip malls. Apples-to-oranges as it sounds, Ron Krauskopf, a senior vice president at Investors Bank, said there are some practical reasons for it.  “Ten or more...

Billtrust inks SVP of marketing 

Billtrust, a Lawrenceville-based payment management software and solutions provider, announced it has appointed Marcel Korst as senior vice president of marketing. Korst will report directly to Stevne Pinado, Billtrust's president. He will be responsible for...

AFR promotes Brandao to president, Packer to COO

American Financial Resources Inc. announced Monday it has promoted two of its executives. Laura Brandao has been named president and Bill Packer has been promoted to chief operating officer of the Parsippany-based lender. "For more than a...

A tribute to the originals: The women who shaped our world (Sponsored Content: Citrin...

Recently, America celebrated the anniversary of Women’s Equality Day, commemorating the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote.  It is important to remember that the...

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EDA to soon take applications (Feb. 19) for phase III of popular manufacturing voucher...

The N.J. Economic Development Authority will begin taking applications for phase III of its highly popular and effective Manufacturing Voucher Program on Feb. 19. The...

Bill allowing fusion energy to receive funding from Clean Energy Fund passed in committee

The Senate Environment and Energy Committee approved legislation (S-364) that would allow fusion energy to receive funding from New Jersey’s Clean Energy Fund. The bill...

Cenntro delivers over 1,000 autonomous driving delivery vehicles with iChassis platforms in 2024

Cenntro a Freehold-based electric commercial vehicle innovator recently delivered 1,000 autonomous driving delivery vehicles to China. The purpose-built and smart technology vehicles incorporated the iChassis...

Smart thermostat bill seems to make sense – or does it?

The Senate Environment and Energy Committee advanced legislation Monday that would require all new residential construction projects to have smart thermostats, which are thermostats...

How Stevens team used AI to determine impact of extreme weather on green-energy powered...

As winter storms and summer heat waves increasingly stress the nation’s power grids, Stevens Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new way to...