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1. Majority of N.J. businesses report declines in profits, employment and sales for fourth straight year
(Money/Economy)

NJBIA survey finds 13 percent of companies plan layoffs, 15 percent expect to hire BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM For a fourth consecutive year, more New Jersey companies reported a decline ...

2. Senate Democrats oppose 'waiver rule' that gives NJDEP chief power to override regulations
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... every possible situation that will arise,” NJBIA President Philip Kirschner said. “The waiver rule recognizes this fact and will allow the DEP to say: ‘In this particular situation, this regulation as ...

3. Christie OKs N.J. budget after paring nearly $1 billion from Democratic proposal
(N.J./State)

... Jersey Business and Industry Association praised the governor’s veto of the “millionaires’ tax.” “In the last year, the state has made great strides in improving New Jersey’s business climate,” NJBIA ...

4. N.J. employers escape $750 million payroll tax hike
(N.J./State)

... taken effect on Friday. Instead, the Friday increase will be a more manageable $100 average per employee. NJBIA Senior Vice President Melanie Willoughby, co-chair of the task force, said that if the ...

5. Christie calls Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative a gimmick and failure
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Association, the Trenton-based lobbying organization for small business, announced it favors Christie’s decision. NJBIA President Philip Kirschner said participation in the initiative drives up energy ...

6. Survey finds N.J. CEOs more optimistic about state's economy
(Money/Economy)

... to advocacy for a business-friendly New Jersey,” NJBIA President Philip Kirschner said. ”The C-Suite Survey results continue to serve as a barometer for New Jersey’s business environment and its future ...

7. Bill to reduce payroll tax for N.J. unemployment insurance approved by Senate committee
(N.J./State)

... a payroll tax increase on July 1. “The bottom line is that employers are facing an average payroll tax increase of $300 per employee without any legislative action,” NJBIA President Philip Kirschner ...

8. NJBIA
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The article states that NJBIA (New Jersey Business and Industry Association) represents small buisness. Actually, NJBIA represents mostly larger, mid-size and big business although some members are small ...

9. NJ Assembly panel approves legislation to avoid $750M increase in employer payroll tax
(N.J./State)

... on employers increase automatically,” NJBIA President Philip Kirschner said. “The fund has been broke since last March, and unless something is done soon, employers will get hit with an average tax of ...

10. NJDEP wants to eliminate rule that allows 24/7 public access to beaches and waterways
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... access rules is an oxymoron; they do the opposite. They violate public trust and limit the public‘s right to access their beaches and waterways,” NJBIA President Philip Kirschner said the proposed rule ...

11. Democrats say they want more property tax relief in Chris Christie’s 2011-12 New Jersey state budget
(N.J./State)

... New Jersey’s business tax climate, which consistently has been rated as one of the worst in the nation,” Kirschner said. “NJBIA has long championed tax reforms like the Single Sales Factor corporate business ...

12. State of the State Address: Democrats say Christie not living in the real New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... "And Christie has stood fast in his pledge not to raise taxes. All of these actions have built a foundation that will give the state's private sector the confidence to grow and create jobs. NJBIA has long ...

13. Guadagno keynote speaker at business and industry public policy forum
(Money/Economy)

Four top legislative leaders will also appear at NJBIA event Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who is attempting to move ahead a number of Christie administration's economic development and regulatory change initiatives, ...

14. Senate panel approves 7-bill ‘Back to Work NJ’ package designed to make state friendlier for business
(N.J./State)

... represents a good effort to address the state's difficult economic conditions in which New Jersey and the rest of the nation now find themselves," NJBIA Senior Vice President Melanie Willoughby said. "We ...

15. Survey finds business in New Jersey still in recession
(Money/Economy)

... levels of sales, profits, business spending and employment improved for individual companies in 2010, moving off their 2009 lows. "We've had a good bounce in ground-level business activity," NJBIA President ...

16. Christie declares war on those he deems to be underperforming public school teachers
(N.J./State)

... that they struggle to find workers with sufficient skills, particularly among entry-level workers,'' Kirschner said. "In NJBIA's 2006 Business Outlook Survey, only one-third of employers said they view ...

17. Christie's Red Tape Review panel recommends elimination or change of 16 ways state government operates
(N.J./State)

... ails New Jersey's business climate," NJBIA President Philip Kirschner said. "For too long now, New Jersey has taken the view that the more government regulations, the better. Now, we have a governor, lieutenant ...

18. Business leader urges legislators to not increase N.J. unemployment insurance
(Money/Economy)

NJBIA's Melanie Willoughby says state should phase in $1 billion tax hike over three years A high-ranking officer of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association Thursday urged legislators to ...

19. Christie's plan to cut jobless benefits, taxes for employers, criticized by labor, praised by business
(Money/Economy)

... much worse. In the short-term, New Jersey must borrow more money from the federal government to cover ongoing unemployment benefit costs.'' Kirschner said the NJBIA is urging the federal government to ...

20. Philip Kirschner: Gov. Christie is right to reform New Jersey’s regulatory system
(Opinion/Commentary)

... structure, NJBIA asked its members to share their experiences with New Jersey's bureaucracies. In one case, a company in the northwestern part of the state tried for two years to get the permits needed ...