The Record (Hackensack, NJ) articles from April 2004

The Record (Hackensack, NJ) archives from April 2004

Class in New Jersey Teaches Baby Sitters It's Not Just about Changing Diapers.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Allison Pries Apr. 1--There's a prowler rustling the shrubs. A child falls, then feels dizzy. You smell smoke. Dozens of youths from the Pascack Valley region learned this week how to deal with these and many other emergencies...

Despite Mergers, Bank Employment Rises in New Jersey.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Richard Newman Apr. 1--Employment in banks and credit unions has been on the rise in New Jersey, despite thousands of merger-related firings. Despite more than 2,000 job cuts from the FleetBoston takeover of Summit Bancorp in...

Bed Bath & Beyond Earnings Top All Projections.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Joan Verdon Apr. 1--Bed Bath & Beyond's earnings report Wednesday could have been called Bed Bath & Brag. Earnings for the Union-based home goods retailer were up 37 percent for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003 compared with...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Business People Column.
April 1, 2004... Apr. 1--THOMAS C. GREGOR, central and northern New Jersey regional president for PNC Bank, National Association, has been elected treasurer of the New Jersey Bankers Association, a trade association representing 80 New Jersey banks. Gregor...

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Settles with U.S. Inspector.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Lindy Washburn Apr. 1--Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has settled a case with the federal government, which had claimed the insurer owed Medicare nearly $4 million. An audit by the Office of Inspector General for...

Aid Pledged to New Jersey's Highlands Towns for Lost Revenue.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Jan Barry Apr. 1--RINGWOOD, N.J. -- Where's the money, and where's the map? Those are the bottom-line questions many Highlands officials and other parties are posing as a legislative effort to preserve forested watersheds in...

Study on New Jersey Mortgage Lending Law Draws Mixed Response.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Richard Newman Apr. 1--Mortgage bankers said Wednesday that a new study shows a state law designed to protect homeowners from unscrupulous lenders has resulted in a steep decline in high-cost, high-risk lending in New Jersey. ...

Wayne, N.J., Company's Cards Keep Food Allergies Safely Translated.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Kevin G. DeMarrais Apr. 1--In Berlin, you'd say, "Ich bin allergiech gegen Erdnusse." In Warsaw, it's "Mam alergie na orzeszki ziemne." But what if you're traveling, have a life-threatening food allergy, and don't know how...

Tobacco-Spurning Kids in New Jersey Mark National Kick Butts Day.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Catherine Holahan Apr. 1--BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Twelve-year-old Nicole Martinez brings a cigarette to her lips, inhales deeply, and continues her conversation with a group of sixth-grade boys. "Smoking is bad for you," chides...

New Jersey's Human Services Commissioner Vows to Restore $8 Million in Funding.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Michelle Han Apr. 1--Human Services Commissioner James Davy angrily vowed to continue fighting for enough money to fix New Jersey's ailing child welfare system, two days after legislators cut $8 million from the reform plan's...

Wall Street Closes Out a Bumpy Quarter.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Kathleen Lynn Apr. 1--After racing higher for three quarters, the stock market hit the brakes in the first quarter of 2004. Investors reacted to a mix of news, from signs of economic recovery to a slow job market and higher oil...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Tax Mailbag Column.
April 1, 2004... Apr. 1--IF YOU OWE BACK TAXES, IRS (YES) MIGHT HELP: QUESTION: I owe the Internal Revenue Service about $90,000 in back taxes. My income consists of a pension of $800 a month, plus $1,000 in Social Security. I have no assets, and I don't...

U.S. Authorities Charge 17 with Odometer-Rollback Charges.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Amy Klein Apr. 1--Federal authorities charged 17 men Wednesday with operating a ring suspected of rolling back the odometers of more than 10,000 used cars sold in New Jersey, scamming car dealerships and consumers alike. During...

Verizon Awaits New Jersey Regulators Word on Wholesale Rates Charged to Rivals.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Martha McKay Apr. 1--State regulators are expected to decide Friday whether to raise, lower, or leave unchanged the wholesale rates Verizon charges rivals to lease its phone network. A spokesman for the New Jersey Board of...

Governor Says Beer Drinkers Should Raise Toast to Saving New Jersey Water.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Colleen Diskin Apr. 1--Listen up, beer drinkers. Maybe it's been a while since you pushed back that stool and took a walk through a forest -- and maybe you're not the type to worry about the water coming out of your tap. ...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Business People Column.
April 2, 2004... Apr. 2--KEARNY FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK has promoted three workers to vice president. KIMBERLY T. MANFREDO of Wallington is vice president and assistant secretary and director of human resources. She began her career as corporate secretary at...

Hackensack, N.J., Still Waits for Downtown Revival to Take Hold.
April 2, 2004... Byline: Tom Davis Apr. 2--Eight years ago, the city of Hackensack pinned its hopes for economic revival on essentially one man: Peter Tucci. His resume was loaded: successful developer, generous charity donor. Who better to head the...

Montvale, N.J., School District's Plan Aims to Put Laptop in Every Book Bag.
April 2, 2004... Byline: Allison Pries Apr. 2--MONTVALE, N.J. -- Pascack Valley Regional wants to give a laptop computer to every high school student and teacher in the school district, a program that would rank as one of the most aggressive technology...

Ridgefield Park, N.J., Students Present Showcase of Skills.
April 2, 2004... Byline: John A. Gavin Apr. 2--RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- A 4-by-8-foot half-bathroom built by students in David Tadros' home improvement class could easily be mistaken for a showcase at Home Depot. With a linoleum floor, Tyvek...

IRS Returning Focus to Enforcement: Audits, Probes, Collections Up.
April 2, 2004... Byline: Kathleen Lynn Apr. 2--About 17 percent of Americans think it's OK to cheat on their taxes, according to a 2003 survey. Mark W. Everson disagrees -- and he's got the muscle to back up his opinion. Everson, commissioner of the...

Bergenfield, N.J., Laser Eye Surgeon Settles Suits Filed by Ex-Patients.
April 2, 2004... Byline: Kibret Markos Apr. 2--A prominent laser eye surgeon has settled his dispute with 16 former patients who say they suffered injuries while receiving treatment at his widely advertised center in Bergenfield, his lawyer said Thursday....

Attorneys General, Senators Seek Steeper Mercury Emissions Cut.
April 2, 2004... Byline: Alex Nussbaum Apr. 2--The Bush administration's plan to cut mercury emissions drew more flak on Thursday, as a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and 10 states, including New Jersey, again called the proposal too weak. The plan...

New Jersey Governor Seeks to Make Oil Tax Proposal Meet Constitutional Muster.
April 2, 2004... Byline: John Dyer Apr. 2--Governor McGreevey's plan to tax petroleum is facing a new hurdle: the U.S. Constitution. As part of his proposed budget for next fiscal year, McGreevey is seeking to boost the state tax on New Jersey-refined...

New Jersey-Based Schering-Plough to Acquire Antibiotic in $80 Million Deal.
April 2, 2004... Byline: Lewis Krauskopf Apr. 2--Schering-Plough Corp., the drug maker trying to orchestrate a turnaround, plans to spend at least $80 million to acquire an experimental antibiotic once in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s pipeline. The deal,...

Port Authority Approves Funds for New York City Airport Runway Repair.
April 2, 2004... Byline: Daniel Sforza Apr. 2--The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved millions of dollars in projects Thursday to repave runways at Kennedy Airport, soundproof schools, and build a new ferry terminal at the World Financial...

Charging Fees May Be Antidote for Spam Email.
April 2, 2004... Byline: Brian Kladko Apr. 2--If sheer volume counts for anything, spam is now the king of the unsolicited sales pitch. Chances are, you receive far more commercial e-mail than paper junk mail or ill-timed phone calls from telemarketers....

Montvale, N.J.-Based Drug Maker Slices Price of First Stock Offering.
April 3, 2004... Byline: Lewis Krauskopf Apr. 3--Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. has yet to offer stock to the public, but shares are already plummeting. The Montvale company, which is developing drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and...

Verizon Gets Approved to Raise Wholesale Rates 14 Percent.
April 3, 2004... Byline: Martha McKay Apr. 3--State regulators Friday granted Verizon a 14 percent increase in wholesale rates it charges rival companies that use its network. Although Board of Public Utilities commissioners said they believed the new...

Top Cruise Line Drops Anchor at Reinvented New Jersey Port.
April 4, 2004... Byline: Randy Diamond Apr. 4--When the Nordic Empress and the Voyager of the Seas begin picking up vacationers in Bayonne next month, the ships will reestablish the cruise industry in New Jersey for the first time in four decades. ...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Your Money's Worth Column.
April 4, 2004... Byline: Kevin DeMarrais Apr. 4--It's time for spring cleaning, to answer reader questions and provide updates on issued addressed in some winter columns. QUESTION: While cleaning out a drawer, I found a gift certificate for $40 to [a...

Schering-Plough CEO Discusses Pharmaceutical Industry.
April 4, 2004... Byline: Lewis Krauskopf Apr. 4-- These days, Fred Hassan is most identifiable as the man in charge of the challenging turnaround of Schering-Plough Corp., the Kenilworth-based drug maker where he became CEO about a year ago. But Hassan...

OPINION: New Jersey Bill Apparently Waxes too Poetic over Saving Highlands.
April 5, 2004... Byline: Herb Jackson Apr. 5--Poetry is a word not normally associated with legislation. Most bills are Sahara-dry, stating that paragraph X of chapter Y of the New Jersey Statutes is being rewritten to say Z. Clauses and phrases are...

Aventis Asks for Talks with Novartis; Pharmaceutical Giants Consider Merger.
April 5, 2004... Byline: Lewis Krauskopf Apr. 5--A potential pharmaceutical merger among European giants that would ripple in New Jersey moved forward Friday. Aventis, of Strasbourg, France, formally asked Novartis to enter talks about a possible deal,...

Golf Course Is Ready to Open in Morris County, N.J.
April 5, 2004... Byline: Richard Cowen Apr. 5--The long-awaited opening of Morris County's newest links, the Berkshire Valley Golf Course in Jefferson, is scheduled for May 1. Nature has done its work and the greens have taken root, making the par-71...

New Jersey Doctors Grow a Line of Heart-Healthy Frozen Foods.
April 5, 2004... Byline: Martha McKay Apr. 5--There's only so much frozen gefilte fish you can sell. That was the market reality facing a pair of cardiac surgeons who found themselves co-owners of an Elmwood Park frozen gefilte fish factory on the...

Housing, Taxes Pinch Northern Jersey Residents, Newspaper Survey Finds.
April 5, 2004... Byline: Bob Ivry Apr. 5--"Watch your head," Colleen Butler Sheridan tells visitors climbing the stairs to the second floor of her house. In the kitchen, she says, "Careful for the cupboard sticking out." Three years ago, Colleen and...

New Jersey Police Retrain for Child Safety in Automobiles.
April 5, 2004... Byline: Justo Bautista Apr. 5--A class on baby seats? "How hard can it be?" Pompton Lakes police Sgt. Moises Agosto asked. Learning how to install the seats would be a "good tool" for his community police division, and he knew...

Probe Links $7 Million Offer, Donations in Middlesex County, N.J.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Mitchel Maddux Apr. 6--A Piscataway pumpkin grower seeking to preserve his farm received a $7 million offer of funds from Middlesex County government after making large donations to the state Democratic Party and paying at least...

New Jersey's Bergen-Passaic Area Listed Among Top Regions for Wi-Fi Use.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Martha McKay Apr. 6--If wireless service appeared in the air like fog, North Jersey would be blanketed. That's what survey expert Bert Sperling found in his latest study of wi-fi hot spots around the country, which ranked the...

Bed Bath & Beyond's Earnings Climb, Top Analysts' Projections.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Joan Verdon Apr. 6--Bed Bath & Beyond's earnings report Wednesday could have been called Bed Bath & Brag. Earnings for the Union-based home goods retailer were up 37 percent for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003 compared with...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Business People Column.
April 6, 2004... Apr. 6--SCOTT O'NEIL, 34, was promoted to senior vice president of marketing and team business operations for the National Basketball Association, Manhattan and Secaucus. Employed since May 2001 as vice president of business operations and...

Montvale, N.J.-Based Drug Maker Slices Price of First Stock Offering.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Lewis Krauskopf Apr. 6--Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. has yet to offer stock to the public, but shares are already plummeting. The Montvale company, which is developing drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and...

Philadelphia Fed Says New Jersey's Economy Grew 3.2 Percent in Last Year.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Kathleen Lynn Apr. 6--New Jersey's economy has grown about 3.2 percent in the 12 months ended Feb. 29, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, which takes the region's economic pulse monthly. "We see continued...

New Jersey Officials Debate Cost of Saving Highlands from Development.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Richard Cowen Apr. 6--Some political leaders in the Highlands region are concerned that saving the state's reservoir lands from more development will saddle future generations with higher taxes. "We all agree there's a need to...

Patterson, N.J., Rental Car Operator Accused of ID Fraud.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Raghuram Vadarevu Apr. 6--Undocumented immigrants who needed wheels were the perfect customers for a crooked Paterson rental car company, authorities said Friday. For $250 a week, investigators said, Estrella Rental Car...

Arizona Firm Says Its Virtual Keyboard Can Protect Workers from Germs.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Teresa M. McAleavy Apr. 6--Think using a paper towel to open the bathroom door will save you from pesky germs your co-workers left behind? It might. But it won't do much to stave off infection from all those microscopic...

Deal to Push Tax on Rich Gains Speed in Trenton, N.J.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Josh Gohlke Apr. 6--The governor and legislative leaders appear close to raising income taxes for the wealthiest New Jerseyans and framing the increase as a form of property-tax relief. Governor McGreevey would not commit to...

Three Men Invoked War on Terror in $55 Million Scam, New Jersey Charges.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Kevin G. DeMarrais Apr. 6--Three North Jersey men have been charged with bilking investors out of more than $55 million by appealing to their patriotism. Hebert Mario Figueroa of Old Tappan and Carmine Russo and Thomas Russo,...

In-style Couple Falls from Fashion in New York.
April 7, 2004... Byline: Hugh R. Morley Apr. 7--Elliot and Ellyn Lavigne know the heights of fashion. Elliot has held top jobs with Jordache Enterprises, Donna Karan Jeanswear, and Perry Ellis Menswear. And in 2000, the couple started OOC Apparel,...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Business People Column.
April 7, 2004... Apr. 7--ERICKSON RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES' Cedar Crest, a 100-acre campus in Pompton Plains, has promoted Gary Hibbs of Sparta to regional executive director for New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The new title adds Seabrook in Tinton Falls and Ann's...

New Jersey's Casinos, Racetracks Make Deal on Slots.
April 7, 2004... Byline: John Brennan Apr. 7--The Atlantic City casino industry didn't want to gamble on video lottery terminals being installed at the Meadowlands Racetrack, Monmouth Park, or Freehold Raceway. The New Jersey horse racing industry...

Secaucus, N.J., Housing Project Plan Goes to Panel.
April 7, 2004... Byline: Lisa Goodnight Apr. 7--SECAUCUS, N.J. -- A plan to build up to 1,850 housing units across from the Secaucus Junction rail transfer station has support from a local mayors' committee and could soon be adopted by the New Jersey...

Lucent's China Chief, 3 Other Officials Fired; Shake-Up Follows Internal Audit.
April 7, 2004... Byline: Kevin G. DeMarrais Apr. 7--Lucent Technologies Inc. fired the president of its Chinese operations and three other executives Tuesday after discovering they may have violated American laws prohibiting payments to foreign officials to...

OPINION: New Jersey's Rebates Simply Avoid True Property Tax Reform.
April 7, 2004... Byline: Herb Jackson Apr. 7--When the Legislature was debating the creation of the NJ Saver rebate in 1999, Democrats complained that simply sending out checks to homeowners would do nothing to reduce the highest property taxes in the...

Prom Costs Can Serve as a Financial Lesson in Hackensack, N.J., Area.
April 7, 2004... Apr. 7--Pascack Valley junior Victoria Ferraro at Oh So Dressy in Paramus. A North Dakota survey put the average prom bill at $337 for girls; teens here say it's higher. One of my teenage son's friends is skipping the senior prom this spring,...

New Jersey's United Retail Struggles to Find Competitive Merchandise Mix.
April 7, 2004... Byline: Joan Verdon Apr. 7--The United Retail Group is well-positioned to serve a growing market, but it's struggling to tailor its merchandise mix to fight off competition. Rochelle Park-based United Retail Group (URGI on Nasdaq) is...

Northern New Jersey Mayors Support Housing at Rail Hub.
April 7, 2004... Byline: Lisa Goodnight Apr. 7--SECAUCUS, N.J. -- A plan to build up to 1,850 housing units across from the Secaucus Junction rail transfer station has support from a local mayors' committee and could soon be adopted by the New Jersey...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Business People Column.
April 8, 2004... Apr. 8--ED REILLY of Bridgewater has been promoted to vice president and treasurer at The Provident Bank, Jersey City. He is responsible for managing the treasury department, which oversees management of the investment portfolio, assets and...

Continental Airlines to Abandon Paper Tickets.
April 8, 2004... Byline: Joan Verdon Apr. 8--Paper tickets will be a thing of the past for all Continental Airlines flights by the end of this year, the airline said Wednesday. Travel experts and industry analysts predict that other airlines will go...

Edgewater, N.J., Acts to Expand Affordable Housing Options.
April 8, 2004... Byline: Laura Fasbach Apr. 8--EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Developers will be required to pay higher fees to the borough if they choose not to build affordable housing within market-rate housing complexes, local officials said. The Borough...

Clifton, N.J., Factory Crafts Leather Firefighter Helmets for Past 160 Years.
April 8, 2004... Byline: Karen Mahabir Apr. 8--In the corner of a high-tech factory in Clifton, Pedro Acevedo sits amid hanging lights and wooden tables in what resembles an old artisans' workshop. He cradles the mold of a leather helmet in his arm and...

New Jersey Scientist Says Rewritten Mercury Regulations Downplay Toxicity.
April 8, 2004... Byline: Alex Nussbaum Apr. 8--The Bush administration rewrote scientific language in its mercury regulations to downplay the chemical's toxic effects, a New Jersey scientist said Wednesday. The results "appeared to be edited so as to...

Environmentalists Object to Planned Expansion of Wayne, N.J.-Area University.
April 8, 2004... Byline: Robert Ratish Apr. 8--As William Paterson University starts to make room for growing enrollment, the Sierra Club says the expansion is compromising one of the area's most valuable natural resources. But the university said its...

Verizon Wireless to Move 850 Jobs from New Jersey to North Carolina.
April 8, 2004... Byline: Martha McKay Apr. 8--Verizon Wireless thumbed its nose at New Jersey on Wednesday and said it will shift 850 jobs from Morristown to North Carolina, a state that dangled a $10 million incentive to entice the cell company. "New...

New York City Protestors Target U.S. Corporations in Anti-War Demonstration.
April 8, 2004... Byline: Richard Cowen Apr. 8--NEW YORK -- Anti-war protesters again took to the streets of Manhattan on Wednesday to denounce U.S. corporations who stand to reap huge profits from the invasion of Iraq. About 50 demonstrators marched up...

Aerosoles Succeeds with Shoes that Combine Fashion, Comfort.
April 9, 2004... Byline: Joan Verdon Apr. 9-- Aerosoles is a Cinderella story for the shoe trade. It's the tale of a slightly frumpy, working-girl shoe that got a makeover, won the blessing of some fashion godmothers, put on high heels, and went to the...

Memory Pharmaceuticals Stock Rises for Most of First Week of Trading.
April 9, 2004... Byline: Lewis Krauskopf Apr. 9--Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp.'s stock finished an up-and-down -- but mostly up -- first week of trading by falling slightly Thursday. After pricing Monday afternoon at $7 a share, the Montvale company's...

U.S. Retailers See Another Month of Big Gains in March.
April 9, 2004... Byline: Joan Verdon Apr. 9--Sales at the nation's stores were better than expected in March, and neither rain nor unseasonable cold kept retailers from ringing up big year-to-year gains for the fourth month in a row. Same-store sales...

Economic Uncertainty Weighs on Northern New Jersey Residents.
April 11, 2004... Byline: Kathleen Lynn Apr. 11--North Jerseyans still feel uneasy about their jobs and personal finances. Asked in a recent poll by The Record to name the single most important problem facing the region, 18 percent of the 1,008 people...

New Jersey Loses Jobs, Unemployment Rate Remains Stable.
April 11, 2004... Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Apr. 11--For Continental Airlines pilot Julian Erwin, the past year has been turbulent. The 41-year-old father of 5-year-old twins was furloughed last May, a couple of weeks before his new Cape Cod in...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Business Calendar Column.
April 12, 2004... Apr. 12--MONDAY: Let's Talk Business Network, "The Six Fundamentals of Success," 6 p.m., Jersey Skyline, 10 Old Bloomfield Ave., Pine Brook. Cost: $50, including supper. Visit www.mollyguard.com/event/10772220. TUESDAY: Biz at Net,...

New York International Automobile Show Features Hand-Built Morgan Roadster.
April 12, 2004... Byline: Daniel Sforza Apr. 12--Sure, there are Ferraris and Aston Martins to be ogled. Lotuses and Lamborghinis to be swooned over. And for the off-road enthusiast, a Jeep indoor obstacle course invites you to test out the capabilities...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Your Money's Worth Column.
April 12, 2004... Byline: Kevin DeMarrais Apr. 12--MORTGAGE RATES ON RISE AGAIN: The big moan you heard a week ago came from would-be home buyers who got an instant lesson in mortgage financing: Good news is bad news. The good news came from the...

Fast-Growing New Jersey Business Fashions Itself as 'the Starbucks of Flowers'.
April 12, 2004... Byline: Joan Verdon Apr. 12--Stephen Alexander sold wireless infrastructure systems for a Fortune 500 company before he decided to invest in a product he thinks has even better growth potential -- flowers. Now he spends his days...

New Jersey Inventor's Firm Masters High-End Home Electronics.
April 12, 2004... Byline: Randy Diamond Apr. 12--So, say you're soaking in your outdoor Jacuzzi at your mansion in Beverly Hills. The water seems a little too cold, and you wouldn't mind hearing some music from your high-end stereo system. No problem,...

OPINION: Let's Fire The Donald for Trumped-Up Egomania.
April 12, 2004... Byline: Virginia Rohan Apr. 12--His Atlantic City casinos are in even worse shape than his hair. And yet, Donald Trump continues to promote himself as the most successful, powerful, enviable mogul in all of America. Make that the world....

IRS Making Fewer Corporate Tax Audits, Study Shows.
April 12, 2004... Byline: Kathleen Lynn Apr. 12--Despite Bush administration claims that it is getting tough on corporate tax cheats, tax enforcement against businesses is way down, according to a new study by Syracuse University. Federal tax...

New Jersey Reservoir Backers Tout Land Buyouts to Protect Highlands Source.
April 12, 2004... Byline: Jan Barry Apr. 12--Would you pay an extra buck per year to ensure clean drinking water? That's about how much projected water bills would go up on average for 2 million North Jersey residents served by the Wanaque Reservoir to...

Oakland, N.J.'s Gift Maker Russ Berrie Warns of Sagging Sales, Lower Profits.
April 13, 2004... Byline: Joan Verdon Apr. 13--Gift manufacturer Russ Berrie and Company Inc. warned Wall Street on Monday that slumping sales could cut its 2004 earnings by 50 percent, and announced the hiring of a new leader who it hopes will reverse that...

New Jersey Oncologist Says Ovarian Cancer Test May Catch Disease Early.
April 13, 2004... Byline: Bob Groves Apr. 13--A promising test for ovarian cancer is based on a new way of detecting disease that is as plain as the nose on your face, says a New Jersey oncologist who helped research the technique. OvaCheck could prove...

Carlstadt, N.J., Firm Provides Emergency Bridges for Damaged Road Crossings.
April 13, 2004... Byline: Randy Diamond Apr. 13--When a fiery fuel truck crash damaged a bridge on Interstate 95 in Bridgeport, Conn., late last month, Mark Joosten didn't wait for a phone call. One of five owner-managers of Acrow, a Carlstadt...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Business People Column.
April 13, 2004... Apr. 13--GLENN POPOWITZ of Suffern, N.Y., has been named vice president of property management for Westminster Management, affiliate of Kushner Cos., Florham Park, a private real estate organization. Popowitz joined Kushner in 1996 as the...

Englewood, N.J., Housing Task Force in Limbo.
April 13, 2004... Byline: Andrew Glazer Apr. 13--ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- The protests ended soon after the mayor announced an investigation into claims that city housing inspectors were mistreating Latino immigrants. But some say there has been little...

Temporary Jobs Lift Women's Fortunes, Study Says.
April 13, 2004... Byline: Teresa M. McAleavy Apr. 13--Low-wage earners are getting a boost from the temporary services industry. New research has found that the temp industry is helping women move to permanent jobs and away from public assistance. ...