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  • Palisades Medical Center expands emergency department
    Aug 31, 2010 — The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
    Its emergency room had 36,500 patients in 2009, a 22 percent increase from 30,000 in 2006. Renovations are being done in two stages.
  • Where did the jobs go? Where will they come from?
    Aug 23, 2010 — Asbury Park Press
    The manufacturing sector shed 152,463 workers, more than one-third of its labor force. Trilogy would like to hire, but it can't right now. The firm started in 2006 and quickly found success, growing to 18 employees. Sasso said if he had a credit line, he could order a new one to replace it and hire a chemist to use it to mix new batches.
  • Chilton opens new cardiovascular lab
    Aug 17, 2010 — The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
    Using X-ray machines to guide them, doctors insert a catheter with a balloon on the tip that inflates to open the blocked or narrowed arteries.
  • Hearing on sale of Meadowlands Hospital in Secaucus set for Aug. 26
    Aug 6, 2010 — The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
    Vasquez is a former vice-president of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and the former chief administrative officer at St.
  • Christie signs $29.4B state budget into law
    Jun 30, 2010 — Asbury Park Press
    We get elected to decide, not defer." Christie mocked a Democratic version of the property tax cap that had passed the Legislature, saying it was full of holes.
  • Governor Chris Christie has New Jersey business community happy
    Jun 21, 2010 — Asbury Park Press
    We're not going to do it," Kirschner said. Otherwise, "we have another $600 million hole to fill next year." Christie's business-friendly performance isn't set in stone. The governor still must decide what to do to replenish the state's depleted unemployment trust fund.
  • Businesses aim to capitalize on the growing senior-citizen demographics
    Jun 15, 2010 — The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
    In 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau reported 12.5 percent of America's population was 65 and older. Six franchises of Gurnee, Ill.-based BrightStar Healthcare opened in North Jersey since 2009. She also will check in on home health aides for distant families. Despite the census data, finding customers is a challenge for the start-ups.
  • New state salary cap has little impact on North Jersey non-profits
    Jun 5, 2010 — The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
    But the review of the non-profits' tax returns and interviews with organization leaders shows that, of the 74 agencies affected, only three will be required to reduce salaries. However, the regulations don't limit how much social-service agency officials can be paid out of federal funds or money the non-profits raise in donations. We're treating people with chronic mental illness that doesn't go away.
  • Nursing home construction delays cost Passaic County $3 million more
    Apr 30, 2010 — The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
    The cost estimate was $40 million when the freeholders first approved the project. The project went out to bid, but no contractors would take the job at that price. So the county redesigned a much more elaborate facility that was supposed to cost around $65 million. And the parking lot in front of the nursing home still has to be paved, Edmond said.
  • Holt answers queries on healthcare reform
    Mar 30, 2010 — Asbury Park Press
    Other revenue will come from adding people to the insurance pool, who will be buying insurance but not making claims, Holt said.
  • Looking for work
    Oct 25, 2009 — Asbury Park Press
    The job came with an almost 25 percent pay cut. Ringo was caught in a shift that has hit the region hard. The information sector -- which includes at least part of the telecommunications industry -- grew 33.4 percent during the 1990s in the region that includes Monmouth and Ocean counties. For example, the information sector last year paid on average $82,914 in Monmouth County and $65,190 in Ocean County.
  • Report
    Oct 1, 2009 — Asbury Park Press
    Why? The economy after the most recent recession -- which ended in November 2001 -- grew even while employment continued to decline. It was the first time that happened since World War II. The service sector, which once was shielded from the harshest layoffs, has become increasingly vulnerable. The housing and financial sectors, which generated thousands of service-sector jobs, have been hammered during the recession.
  • Job losses traumatize workers
    Sep 4, 2009 — Asbury Park Press
    Some 6.7 million workers have lost their job since the recession began in December 2007, pushing the unemployment rate to 9.4 percent. That's the highest jobless rate since 1983. The study found that even highly skilled, better-educated workers have been laid off.
  • All alone
    Aug 17, 2009 — Asbury Park Press
    He showed off the fitness center that even in the middle of the day was filled with exercisers. It just helps me in every aspect in my health. The U.S. health care system pays providers for how many procedures are performed, not for how many aren't, experts said. That has led to expensive care.
  • N.J. drivers to pay more for insurance
    Jun 19, 2009 — The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey
    The last time Geico submitted a rate change filing it was for a 4 percent decrease in 2007.
  • Firms hired to review hospital's policies
    May 1, 2009 — The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey
    Federal prosecutors say the investigation is continuing. Skadden, Arps has experience with New Jersey hospitals and ethical issues. Robert Del Tufo, a former U.S. attorney and former New Jersey attorney general, is employed by the firm. Del Tufo also is chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
  • St. Mary's near collapse
    Apr 23, 2009 — The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey
    Mary's and JNESO over union concessions the hospital said it needed to stay afloat. St. Stern disqualified the firm last week because it had represented St. Joseph's Healthcare System, which was a bidder for St.
  • St. Mary's draws 4 bidders
    Apr 14, 2009 — The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey
    Mary's on Monday, said Joseph Lubertazzi Jr., the attorney for St. It filed for Chapter 11 protection on March 9. Lubertazzi, whose law firm, McCarter and English, also represented St. But he admonished Lubertazzi for failing to consider the issue before he agreed to represent St.
  • Getting fit for the ages
    Apr 2, 2009 — The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey
    Silver Sneakers offered in seven North Jersey fitness centers, with the next planned this year at Gold's Gym in Totowa. To further accommodate older bodies, chairs are required in some Silver Sneakers classes so exercises can be done sitting down. While one-hour personal training sessions cost $50 to $150, most Silver Sneakers classes are paid by insurance or are included in club memberships. "We have people who have never exercised before and they are definitely coming across...
  • Neighborhood gets $250,000 grant for improvements
    Apr 1, 2009 — Asbury Park Press
    ...shoddy road conditions. "I'm upset that we're the red-headed stepchild of Middletown," resident Lisa Fuchs said of her neighborhood. Fuchs suggested using some of the money, from the state Neighborhood Preservation Program, for surveillance cameras. Ben Ascone, a resident who has worked with a local Cub Scout troop for 15 years, said that, however Middletown ends up utilizing the grant, it should be for a sustainable use, not for something that will have funding only for...
  • Out to conquer North Jersey market
    Mar 25, 2009 — The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey
    What we lose in grocery we'll pick up in my organic grocery department, my natural grocery category. Frozen food is a shrinking category because people want fresh food. Q. Fairway is known for the electronic sign over the West Side Highway. So you've got the fourth-generation Glickberg at Fairway. It's every father's hope that his son can follow in his footsteps.
  • Local pet food maker teams up with Tyson
    Mar 18, 2009 — The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey
    Freshpet will use Tyson's distribution network for refrigerated products to expand its national footprint. First will be a brand of cat food the two companies expect to introduce by the end of the year. Demand for refrigerated pet food may grow from $169 million to $500 million by 2012, Morris said in a conference call with reporters.
  • Fast prescriptions just part of pharmacist couple's appeal
    Mar 17, 2009 — Asbury Park Press
    The Patels both worked for years at supermarket pharmacies and, at one point, owned their own store in North Brunswick. They purchased this store, located in a strip mall at 420 Route 34, when their second daughter was 2 years old. Megan is now 13 and Nikita is 10. "It's amazing.
  • The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Harvy Lipman column
    Mar 3, 2009 — The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey
    When you have aphasia, you're all tensed up. They can point, shrug, write in books." It's the only community center in the metropolitan New York area that provides day programs for aphasia sufferers. Plus --Demand for services: The center has a waiting list of clients needing its services and has an estimated 20,000 aphasia sufferers in its service area.
  • Wegmans drops prices on 390 generic drugs
    Feb 27, 2009 — Asbury Park Press
    The drugs in the program include those used to treat high cholesterol, diabetes and heart conditions and other acute and chronic conditions. Wegmans has supermarkets in Ocean Township and Manalapan.
  • Worrying about their jobs and their futures has left many workers exhausted
    Feb 26, 2009 — Asbury Park Press
    Workers have a harder time concentrating and call in sick more often. Holloway said her retirement portfolio has taken a hit. Managers facing a downturn tend to become reclusive when they should communicate even more, experts said. They should meet with their employees.
  • The Jersey Shore's hospital landscape may undergo a major shake up
    Feb 24, 2009 — Asbury Park Press
    Barnabas Health Care System is considering dropping Kimball Medical Center from its network after several years of losses. Layoffs hit 45 percent of hospitals last year, and 21 percent said they expect job losses this year. Hospitals experienced a 27 percent drop in cash reserves.
  • Low-tech medicine
    Feb 17, 2009 — Asbury Park Press
    Medical assistants shuffle through files for patient information. They can e-mail prescriptions to pharmacies, cutting down on errors. A truly wired system will require hospitals, primary care doctors, specialists, pharmacies, rehabilitation clinics and other providers to be connected through a system that can't be hacked.
  • Specialized testing brings solid growth for Bio-Reference Laboratories
    Jan 16, 2009 — The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey
    The company also expects to increase employment at its local facilities as business grows within two new and burgeoning segments: cancer and gynecological testing. Other indicators underscore the company's health. Bio-Reference's total debt to total asset ratio has narrowed to 18.45 percent in 2008 from 23.69 percent in 2004.
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