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Announcements/News - 2009

Nov-18-09 October Unemployment Rate At 9.7 Percent; Employment Fell by 1,800 Jobs

Oct-21-09 Opening of One-Stop Career Center in Elizabeth Offers Easier Access to State and County Services

OFFICIALS CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF ONE OF NEW JERSEY’S LARGEST PITCHED ROOF SOLAR SYSTEMS

Oct-20-09 OFFICIALS LAUD GROWTH OF HOMEGROWN ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURER - Crestron Celebrates Grand Opening of Customer Experience Center

OFFICIALS LAUD EXPANSION OF MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR

Oct-14-09 State’s September Unemployment Rate Matches National Rate of 9.8 Percent

Oct-13-09 DTCC Announces Plans to Relocate a Significant Portion of Northeast Staff to New Jersey

Oct-13-09 Governor Corzine Applauds Major Financial Services Firm’s Decision To Relocate To New Jersey

October-08-09 DCI SIGNS & AWNINGS FINDS PERMANENT HOME IN NEWARK

Sep-24-09 Governor Corzine Announces More Than 5,000 Residents Receiving New Family Leave Insurance

Sep-16-09 Private Sector Job Growth Continued in August Adding 2,900 Jobs;Unemployment Rate at 9.7 Percent, Continues to Match National Trend

Sept-16-09 Black Bear Distribution Brings State-Of-The-Art Facility And New Jobs to Delanco

Sep- 15-09 Governor Corzine Announces Nation's First Return-to-Work Program

September-01-09 INVENTIV HEALTH CELEBRATES MOVE INTO NEW HEADQUARTERS AS IT EXPANDS ITS BUSINESS IN SOMERSET COUNTY

September-01-09 BRIDGEPORT-BASED IMTEK, LLC FINALIZES EDA ASSISTANCE

Aug-28-09 Final Unemployment Insurance Payments Approach for 33,000 Workers; Governor Corzine Urges President Obama and Congress to Extend Benefits

August-27-09 GOVERNOR CORZINE TOURS TERRACYCLE

August-27-09 GOVERNOR CORZINE TOUTS SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH AND EXPANSION

August-26-09 VALLEY NATIONAL BANK JOINS SELECT LIST OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PREFERRED LENDERS

Aug-25-09 Ocean Power Technologies Making Waves In Clean Energy

August-20-09 Roselle Restaurant To Expand With Help From Main Street Business Assistance Program

Aug-20-09 Valley National Bank Joins Select List Of Economic Development Authority Preferred Lenders

Aug-19-09 New Jersey Gained 13,000 Private Sector Jobs in July; Unemployment Rate Rose Slightly to 9.3 Percent

August-13-09 MAIN STREET PROGRAM SUPPORTS GROWTH OF GLASSB MANUFACTURER IN VINELAND

August-10-09, Paramount Bakery to expand and grow jobs in Newark

Aug-03-08 NJ Launches New Clean Energy Solutions 'CHP' Program To Meet Goals of Governor's Energy Master Plan

Jul-27-09 Governor Corzine Signs New Economic Recovery Legislation

Jul-24-09 Federal Law Raises Minimum Wage in New Jersey to $7.25/Hour July 24, 2009; Printable Posters Can be Downloaded at Department Website

Jul-24-09 Governor Corzine Praises Graduates of Energy Efficiency Training Program

Jul-20-09 Governor Corzine And Bausch & Lomb Celebrate Grand Opening Of New Global Pharmaceutical Headquarters

Jul-15-09 NJ Employment Losses Slowed in June; Unemployment Rate, Over the Month, Rose to 9.2 Percent

Jul-08-09 Petra Solar Is First Business Awarded Funding Under New Jersey's Clean Energy Manufacturing Fund

Jul-08-09 Governor Corzine Lauds Expansion Of Homegrown Clean Energy Company

Jul-07-09 Department Delivers $ 2 Million in Back Pay Owed to Workers For Overtime Wages Collected from Raymour and Flanigan Furniture

Jun-30-09 Statewide Supermarket Summit Event Recap

Jun-17-09 New Jersey Employment Declined in May by 6,200 Jobs; Unemployment Rate at 8.8 Percent Remained Below the National Level

Jun-17-09 Statewide Supermarket Summit Kicks Off Governor Corzine’s New Jersey Food Access Initiative

Jun-16-09 New Jersey Offers Loans/Grants For Clean Energy Capital Investment

Jun-11-09 Foreign Consuls, N.J. Businesses Explore How Partnership With State Can Enhance International Trade Opportunities

Jun-11-09 Fox rehabilitation to relocate corporate headquarters in cherry hill with financing from TD Bank and EDA

Jun-01-09 NJ Raises the Maximum Weeks Payable for Extended Unemployment Benefits from 13 to 20 Weeks

May-29-09 Next Solicitation For Financing Under Clean Energy Manufacturing Fund Opens June 1

May-20-09 Employment in NJ Fell by 14,400 in April; Unemployment Rate Rose Slightly to 8.4 Percent

May-18-09 New Clean Energy Programs Coming Soon!

May-18-09 Paterson Manufacturer Growth Continues With EDA Assistance

May-13-09 First Line Of Credit Guarantee Finalized Under State’s New Main Street Business Assistance Program

May-13-09 Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Celebrates The Growth Of Its U.S. Headquarters

May-11-09 Labor Commissioner Testifies Before Senate Budget Committee

Apr-30-09 Trust Fund Balance Bolstered to Minimize Increase in Wage Taxes

Apr-30-09 Labor Commissioner Testifies Before Assembly Budget Committee

Apr-29-09 U.S. Labor Secretary, New Jersey Governor and Labor Commissioner Hosted Worker Roundtable in Paramus to Focus on Issues Affecting State’s Unemployed

Apr-15-09 New Jersey Unemployment Rate at 8.3 Percent in March; Employment Down by 17,200 Over the Month

Apr-01-09 Governor Corzine Joins State League of Municipalities to Kick-Off One Year Countdown to Census Day April 1, 2010

Mar-27-09 U.S. Labor Department announces release of nearly $207 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to New Jersey

Mar-25-09 Employment in NJ Fell in February; Unemployment Rate at 8.2 Percent

Mar-25-09 Chromocell Bucks Economic Trends; Growth Spurs Move Up

Mar-20-09 New Jersey Qualifies for Federally Funded Extended Benefit Program

March 16, 2009 NJCST and NJBPU Announce New Program to Advance Clean Energy Technologies

Mar-16-09 Specialty Food Market Is First Business To Finalize Funding Under State's New Main Street Business Assistance Program

Mar-04-09 New Jersey’s January 2009 Unemployment Rate at 7.3 Percent; Annual Benchmark Revision of 2008 Data Also Announced

Feb-25-09 Financing Now Available Through The Edison Innovation Clean Energy Manufacturing Fund

Feb-24-09 NJ Green Job Training Program Receives Funding From NJ Resources' Conserve To Preserve Foundation

Feb-17-09 Governor Corzine Will Redirect Funds Into New Jersey’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund

Feb-09-2009 Governor Announces National Emergency Grant Funding to Assist Financial Services Workers

Jan-21-09 New Jersey’s Estimated December Employment Fell by 15,200 Unemployment Rate Rose to 7.1 Percent

Jan-21-09 Applications Now Available Online For $170 Million In Economic Stimulus Assistance

Jan-15-09 Economic Development Authority Adds Citizens Bank As Latest Preferred Lender

Jan-09-09 New Jersey’s Unemployed Workers Automatically Qualified for Additional Federally-Funded Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits; Claimants Do Not Need to Contact the Department to Receive Benefits