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1. Maxim Healthcare agrees to $150M, 41-state settlement over federal health benefits fraud
(Health/Healthquest)

... of the settlement agreement negotiated on behalf of New Jersey, Maxim is prohibited from paying its shareholders any dividends, distributions, or other payments until it has made payment in full, including ...

2. CPA advice: Invest abroad and avoid long-term bonds
(Money/Economy)

... your retirement. Don’t count on liberal Social Security payments in the future. So says Larry Elkin, CPA, CFP, president of Palisades Hudson Financial Group, headquartered in Scarsdale, N.Y. On the ...

3. Powerball winning numbers worth $107 million
(Money/Economy)

... to claim a share of the winnings, the lawsuit says he was told he was out of the group for missing three months worth of payments. Hairston’s lawyer said the group's unwritten policy had been to cover ...

4. Bayonne welfare employee pleads guilty to attempted extortion of clients
(N.J./State)

... a location near the social services building in Jersey City. After Payton collected the money, he informed the victim that no additional payments were needed and that the victim’s benefits would not be ...

5. Hurricane Irene recovery support offices locate in N.J.
(Money/Economy)

... struck by the storm also may qualify for relaxed deadlines. Taxpayers who can’t make normal deadlines because of the storm have until Oct. 31 to file quarterly tax payments that would have been due ...

6. FEMA, SBA and IRS can help small businesses recover from Hurricane Irene
(Money/Economy)

... meant to help businesses pay fixed operating expenses such as rent, mortgage interest, and lease payments on equipment. Businesses are eligible to take advantage of EIDL loans even if they do not suffer ...

7. N.J. public employee unions file suit to overturn state changes in pension and health benefits
(N.J./State)

... for at least 30 years, failing to make full payments into the pension system for the last decade, and handing the administration of the benefits system to committees. The plaintiffs include the New Jersey ...

8. Understanding the Part D Medicare prescription drug plan for 2012
(Health/Healthquest)

... it; do not be overwhelmed by it. Look for the new premium and the copayments that you will have to make and if they are within reason, then stay put. No action is required on your part if you do not ...

9. Muammar Qaddafi's fall could benefit small businesses
(Opinion/Commentary)

... 60,000 contractors will soon get paid faster as the agency will implement a system, formerly used only for disadvantaged businesses, which will speed up payments to all small businesses. Additionally, ...

10. Report: 1 in 10 N.J. homeowners are in the foreclosure process
(Money/Economy)

... payments by more than 90 days. According to the report, New Jersey’s combined foreclosure/seriously delinquent rate of 11.36 percent was the third highest in the country. The total takes in 8 percent ...

11. At what age should you collect social security?
(Money/Economy)

... payments differ substantially based on when you elect to receive benefits. So, the timing of benefits is an important decision that can affect the amount of benefits you will receive for the rest of your ...

12. Discarded NFL players continue the fight for health insurance
(Sports/Professional)

... left out of the latest talks after taking part in court-ordered mediation sessions earlier this year. Eller's group claimed that both sides also conspired to keep benefit levels and pension payments low ...

13. N.J. hit with third credit rating downgrade under Christie
(N.J./State)

... to "phase in" a resumption of what otherwise would be its own legally required payments. Contributing to the state's negative outlook, "continued funding level deterioration is projected through the ...

14. No defaults huh? Not quite.
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I live on social security. The lying cretins in D.C. would like you to think they are not defaulting on any payments to seniors. Think again. When I started ss several years ago (after paying into the ...

15. Maybe doomsdayer Harold Camping was onto something
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and may take 19 years to restore. Medicare and Social Security are running out of payments. The Dow went down 1,500 points in three days. More than one out of 10 workers can’t find a job. Casey Anthony ...

16. New Jersey taxpayers still paying for lobbyists’ pensions
(Opinion/Commentary)

... pensions and benefits. To help make New Jersey solvent once again, the bill intends to raise public employees’ pension contributions, mandates that the state make annual payments into the system, increases ...

17. NJ Surcharges are fraud
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... dui or whatever...... There are 273,000 drivers in nj without a license according to this article. And you cant go to work without it or be able to afford their payments. Who can you complain to? What ...

18. Christie highlights his commitments to health care
(N.J./State)

... to provide health care to working class New Jerseyans bearing the burden of the governor’s health care cuts,” the Assemblywoman added. “Whether it be eliminating funding for women’s health care, new co-payments, ...

19. How to create American jobs
(Opinion/Commentary)

... jobs: 1. Cut the corporate income tax rate to zero. This destroys one of the major incentives for corporations to export jobs. 2. Wipe out all subsidies and payments from the government to corporations. ...

20. Picking over the wreckage of the debt ceiling debate
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the debate and the media coverage, crowding out more level-headed approaches and leading to scare mongering threats of withholding Social Security and Medicare payments. The respective party leaders ...