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1. N.J. tax assessment experiments fail to deliver a better way
(Opinion/Commentary)

... before treading that slippery slope. Equally important is the potential loss of equity that most municipalities have developed with their constituents. Absentee collection and assessment will mean less ...

2. Does Super Bowl heat up Meadowlands naming rights battle?
(Sports/Professional)

... brand value, but its top tier stadium sponsors like Bank of America and others may just add up to more overall income, diverse income, than a one time overall stadium deal. The brand equity examples ...

3. Deeds in lieu of foreclosure and short sales in N.J.: Beware of phantom income
(Money/Economy)

... equity line of credit where the proceeds were used for a purpose other than to acquire, construct or substantially improve your principal residence. The proceeds of many such loans were not used for these ...

4. Abuse of morning-after pill causing concern in India
(World/International)

... the Mumbai-based Centre for Equity into Health and Allied Themes and Healthwatch Trust. Almost 20 percent of patients seeking abortion are unmarried, says Dr Kar. In some clinics in Patna, the percentage ...

5. Does renting beat buying a home in New Jersey?
(Money/Economy)

... be reduced by subtracting the tax benefits of interest and real estate tax deductions and the equity buildup from paying down the mortgage. For condo purchasers, costs would be adjusted by not including ...

6. Washington looking to reform U.S. prison system
(U.S./Nation)

... of Colored People (NAACP). In a telephone interview, Shelton told IPS, "At every stage of the criminal justice process serious problems undermine basic tenets of fairness and equity, as well as the public's ...

7. ...
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... landowner equity eviscerated by the Highlands lobbying efforts of this enviro groups. Its all big money seeking to implement a socialist agenda to remove land from private ownership....by theft, not fair ...

8. Exciting new mutual funds open in New Jersey
(Money/Economy)

... fund, we can go anywhere in the world, anywhere we see an opportunity. And we can go anywhere in the capital structure. Is the best bang for our dollar the debt, or the equity, or is it a convert? And ...

9. Christie's education reforms focus on teacher effectiveness, call for merit pay
(N.J./State)

... professional development, teaching clinics, and on-site coaching along with rich instructional resources to teachers and leaders. Equity Incentives: Our neediest schools deserve access to our best teachers. ...

10. How as Americans can we be free with U.S. trillions in debt?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... or laws add more red ink to either my balance sheet or someone else's, including a future generation, time to object loudly, demand better, and apply the sweat equity to make the change happen. That is ...

11. Goldman Sachs goes to Washington
(Life/Style)

... and inexplicable product which could create equity in a variety of ways ... but each of those ways are too complicated for you to understand, and my wonky intelligence and whopping sense of entitlement ...

12. Retired Superintendents and Principals Drain Budgets
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... teach, must pay into the pension system. Where is the equity in that? Why not address the budget problem where it is the biggest? At the top. ...

13. Retirement advice: Tough, straight talk from a retired stock-market analyst
(Money/Economy)

... favor dividend-paying blue-chip stocks. Geraghty retired as a managing director from Harris Nesbitt's equity research department in 2003. He had been covering the semiconductor and semiconductor equipment ...

14. How to earn a higher income — safely
(Money/Economy)

... Also look for mutual funds that focus on dividend-paying stocks, like Oakmark Equity Income. And similar exchange-traded funds, which give you "better control over capital gains." Examples: Vanguard High ...

15. Look for the IRS to get more aggressive
(Money/Economy)

... he cautions. For the first time, taxpayers' primary residences are up for grabs by the IRS. "The IRS is now willing to seize a taxpayer's primary residence if they feel there is enough equity to satisfy ...

16. Tribeca Film Festival looks to re-invent itself
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Hollywood has sought safety in 3-D glasses and multiple explosions, whatever that approach may do to quality. It's been even trickier on the edges. The economic downturn has sapped the private equity ...

17. Predatory Lending
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... into deceptive and expensive mortgages. These secret bonus payments, often called Yield Spread Premiums, turned home mortgages into a SCAM." The Center for Responsible Lending says YSP "steals equity ...

18. How much money do you need to retire comfortably (part two)?
(Money/Economy)

... egg for a 30-year retirement, consider an allocation of 50% equity and 50% to fixed income. After a steep stock-market correction, the withdrawals may have to be curtailed for a couple of years to allow ...

19. Landlord promises better security after girls, 7 and 15, were allegedly gang raped in Trenton
(N.J./State)

...  Interstate Realty manages the apartment building for Affordable Housing Equity Partners, LLC, which owns apartment complexes in Jersey City, Atlantic City, Camden as well as Illinois, Pennsylvania, South ...

20. Have we become a nation of Prodigal Sons?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... showroom. Since then, we are on our third family vehicle. We all know at least one person way over his head with a mortgage, a home equity line of credit maxed out and a steady stream of monthly ...