Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, NJ) articles from October 2000

Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, NJ) archives from October 2000

New Jersey Lawmaker Requests Audit of Verizon's Books.
October 6, 2000... Byline: Joseph Picard Oct. 6--NEWARK, N.J.--State Senator John Lynch, D-Middlesex, yesterday asked the state Board of Public Utilities to audit the books of Verizon Communications New Jersey, to determine how much profit the telephone...

BellSouth Offers Wireless Messaging.
October 7, 2000... Byline: Josee Valcourt Oct. 7--WOODBRIDGE, N.J.--The last thing a business wants to hear is that all systems are down, especially when the news comes in a flood of calls from customers. To alleviate such dilemmas, BellSouth Wireless...

Former Nurse Opens Colon Hydrotherapy Business in North Brunswick, N.J.
October 7, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Sarfaty Oct. 7--NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J--After 25 years as a practicing registered nurse, Beverly Pue has taken the plunge into entrepreneurship, opening Total Eclipse I -- a colon hydrotherapy business on Route 27 at Finnigans...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business Calendar Column.
October 8, 2000... Oct. 8--OCTOBER 11: Quality New Jersey holds program titled J&J's approach to process excellence, 8 a.m. to noon, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Raritan. Call (856) 778-0700, Ext. 182 for information. The New Jersey Society of Enrolled Agents...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business People Column.
October 8, 2000... Oct. 8--ACCOUNTING: Tom Jappe of Amper, Politziner & Mattia, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants of Edison has been promoted to manager in the firm's tax department. Lisa Maddalon of AP&M has been promoted as a manager in the firm's...

New Jersey Family Farms Work to Adjust in the Modern World.
October 8, 2000... Byline: Josee Valcourt Oct. 8--Sometimes at night, deer in the Jamesburg area creep on the Bohinski's field of black-eyed peas for a nibble. If it wasn't for the fence around the pumpkins, they'd eat them too. In East Brunswick, farmer...

New Jersey Critics Say Verizon Advertisements Skirt the Major Issues.
October 14, 2000... Byline: Joseph Picard Oct. 14--Verizon Communications, the state's predominant local telephone company, is running an advertising campaign in support of its proposal to change local phone rates and deregulate the local phone market in New...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business Calendar Column.
October 15, 2000... Oct. 15--OCTOBER 16: New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners, Middlesex Chapter, holds dinner and program on how to build a dynamic Web site, 6:45 p.m., Clarion Hotel, Route 27, Edison. Networking begins at 6 p.m. For reservations and...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business People Column.
October 15, 2000... Oct. 15--CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: Barry W. Perry will succeed Orin R. Smith as chairman & CEO of Engelhard of Iselin, effective Jan. 1, 2001. Perry, 54, joined Engelhard in 1993 as group vice president and general manager of the Pigments and...

OPINION: The Alpha and Omega of All Tips.
October 15, 2000... Byline: Joe Picard Oct. 15--A labor shortage. A pending energy shortage. But there's at least one sector of the economy where no shortage need be feared: the business of advice. Advice is everywhere. Every day in the mail and the...

New Jersey Technology Council Forms Venture Capital Fund.
October 15, 2000... Byline: Josee Valcourt Oct. 15--The New Jersey Technology Council is forming a venture capital fund to amass seed money for the many technology companies sprouting all over the state. NJTC, the state Economic Development Authority and...

East Brunswick, N.J.-Area Senior Citizens Say 'No' to Verizon Proposal.
October 19, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Sarfaty Oct. 19--MARLBORO TOWNSHIP, N.J.--Nearly 400 people -- largely senior citizens from the Manalapan area -- arrived at Marlboro Township Hall yesterday for the third and final public hearing regarding Verizon...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Joseph Picard Column.
October 22, 2000... Byline: Joseph Picard Oct. 22--Have you seen the new Lexus commercial? The dark, elegant luxury car is cruising smoothly through a hilly, rural area. Quite idyllic. And all along the auto's route, peasants look up from their tasks, to...

FedEx Opens Distribution Hub in Woodbridge, N.J.
October 25, 2000... Byline: Josee Valcourt Oct. 25--WOODBRIDGE, N.J.--The second largest small-package ground carrier in North America, FedEX Ground, a subsidiary of FedEX Corp., opened a 340,000 square-foot distribution hub in Woodbridge yesterday. The...

Web Sites Could Help One of Every Eight Americans Claim Lost Property.
October 25, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Sarfaty Oct. 25--TRENTON, N.J.--Are you so concerned about money that you wake up at 3 a.m. only to fix your bleary eyes on endless infomercials that promise you wealth -- for just three easy payments of $39.95? Well,...

Foreign Trade Zones Offer Several Advantages to Businesses.
October 25, 2000... Byline: Joseph Picard Oct. 25--Foreign Trade Zones, or FTZs, established to help American businesses better compete in the global economy, offer several advantages to businesses operating within their boundaries. For example: Duty...

Middlesex County, N.J.-Area Developers Oppose Foreign Trade Zone Application.
October 25, 2000... Byline: Joseph Picard Oct. 25--CRANBURY, N.J.--The state of New Jersey has applied to the federal government to expand the Mount Olive Foreign Trade Zone by adding 309 acres located in Cranbury. Cranbury Township, in Middlesex County,...

Middlesex County, N.J., Group Outlines Projects for Area.
October 27, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Sarfaty Oct. 27--Burgeoning projects and completed improvements were the topics of The Middlesex County Alliance for Action's morning meeting yesterday at Raritan Center, which attracted more than 60 local business...

Nanotechnology Forum Draws Crowd at University in New Jersey.
October 27, 2000... Byline: Josee Valcourt Oct. 27--Mostly dressed in dark-colored suits with writing pads on their laps, about 190 people sat in a room at Rutgers University's Douglass College Center Wednesday to hear about the possibilities of...

New Jersey Governor Touts Internet Site for High-Tech Firms.
October 28, 2000... Byline: Josee Valcourt Oct. 28--Where will all those high tech companies in the state go when they need to network? It may be to Innovation Garden State's new virtual spot, www.innovationgarden.org, which kicked off yesterday with help...

South Amboy, N.J., Data Services Firm Expands to Keep Pace with Technology.
October 31, 2000... Byline: Josee Valcourt Oct. 31--SOUTH AMBOY, N.J.--It's been 30 years and things have changed. Cars are now running on both gas and electricity; computers are so compact they fit in a shirt pocket; and CRT Support Corp. in South Amboy...