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1. How the Girl Scouts nearly sunk the U.S. economy
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY ROY NERSESIAN COMMENTARY About a month ago, the Girl Scouts hit the public media with their decision to switch manufacturers of Girl Scout uniforms from an American producer to one located in a ...

2. Competition in New Jersey’s electricity marketplace couldn’t come at a better time
(Opinion/Commentary)

... savings, the law introduced competition to New Jersey's energy marketplace. Manufacturers, retailers, public institutions, residential and small business customers were allowed to shop for lower power ...

3. Inflation is here and will accelerate
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Prices are going up...now. Higher costs are forcing manufacturers to raise prices. Early next year price increases will be common throughout the economy. Excess capacity puts a temporary lid on price ...

4. New Jersey businesses called on to serve
(Money/Economy)

... records. Campbell's also gives to trade groups like the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the American Bakers Association, whose own contributions are heavily skewed to the GOP. The largest Democratic ...

5. James Sgambati of Parsippany gets prison for role in auto ‘give up’ scheme
(N.J./State)

... Jersey Manufacturers when he was sentenced by state Superior Court Judge David H. Ironson in Morristown, state Acting Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Riza Dagli said. The sentence was based on Sgambati's ...

6. The right idea
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... do work for them, I have honestly used them myself because they offer a lot of really useful information from what materials and manufacturers are available to what companies are out there. It would help ...

7. 118 N.J. businesses, unions, local governments accepted to into federal health insurance support program
(Health/Healthquest)

... 63. Neptune Township 64. New Jersey B.A.C. Health Fund 65. New Jersey Carpenters Funds 66. New Jersey Education Association 67. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company 68. New Jersey Sports & Exposition ...

8. Fisher-Price recall list includes 11 million products
(Health/Healthquest)

... posing a choking hazard. About 400,000 of the recalled items were sold in Canada. According to NorthJersey.com, CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said manufacturers need to do more to build safety into ...

9. Christine O’Donnell and sexual politics from M to Z
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the words "sex" and "arousal" which, according to manufacturers proved "somewhat challenging for a product having to do with sexual arousal." According to the Times, the Zestra commercial is "pretty ...

10. Egg recall: 2,000 illnesses linked to salmonella strain
(Health/Healthquest)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Food retailers and manufacturers are rushing to tell consumers that their products are safe amid a nationwide recall of 380 million eggs that may be infected with ...

11. New Jersey author probes his family's past
(Life/Style)

... them," he said. Since then, he has been trying to establish a family connection with the Essen munitions manufacturers, at one time holders of the largest commercial fortune in Europe. Stroebel's theory ...

12. N.J. offshore wind energy bill signed into law
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... will provide financial assistance to qualified offshore wind projects and associated equipment manufacturers and assembling facilities. Officials believe that three of the first five "interim policy ...

13. New Jersey's Public Service once powered your house – and drove you to work
(Life/Style)

... until the late 1920's that PSTC began updating the fleet with a mix of various manufacturers and body types. The 1930's saw the development of the "All Service Vehicles" which could run as a trolley ...

14. Why the unemployed will stay unemployed
(Opinion/Commentary)

... manufacturers opening up factories in America to serve our market. As the dollar continues to depreciate, there is a growing incentive to move manufacturing back to our shores. Moreover "Made in America" ...

15. Tips to save on utility bills
(Money/Economy)

... possible. Run the dishwasher at night, using the shortest cycle that will get the dishes clean. If manufacturers' directions permit, turn the dishwasher off before the dry cycle or use the air dry ...

16. The hybrid car can trace its roots back to Teaneck, N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  In 1970, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, requiring auto manufacturers to reduce damaging emissions by 90 percent. Deadline: 1976. The Environmental Protection Agency was to enforce the law. The ...

17. Newark begins furlough days to address budget crisis
(N.J./State)

... bright spot. Two New Jersey toilet paper manufacturers announced they will donate rolls to the city employees after Booker listed that among the budget cuts. Marcal Manufacturing of Elmwood Park said ...

18. Less smoking hurts revenue stream for state budgets
(U.S./Nation)

... the Master Settlement Agreement, a 1998 settlement between 46 states and most of the big tobacco companies, in exchange for states' promises not to sue the cigarette manufacturers over health claims. States ...

19. Hot Housewares for the (Christmas) Holidays already on the shelves
(Life/Style)

... germs on their keypads, ear buds, etc. Ick. Now, ick no more with the Violight UV Cell Phone Sanitizer. It works on phones, ear buds and even your Bluetooth; available beginning in September. Manufacturers ...

20. Health care law changes you might not know
(Health/Healthquest)

... at the American College of Preventive Medicine, predicts manufacturers of vaccines and diagnostic tests will push for their products to be labeled preventive services in a bid to have them covered at no ...