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  Fostering Growth in the New Economy
We have re-configured Prosperity New Jersey with William C. Weldon, Chairman and CEO of Johnson and Johnson, Dr. Shirley Tilghman, President of Princeton University, and Adam Pechter as its leaders.
New Jersey is an emerging leader in nanotechnology - the study of manufacturing at the molecular level - which the National Science Foundation predicts will grow to become a $1 trillion industry in the next 10-15 years.
New Jersey's farms are not living museums; they are a source of jobs and economic growth that sustain the rural economy and the rural landscape of our State.
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 New Jersey
New Jersey (named after Jersey in the Channel Islands) is one of the smaller states on the north Atlantic coast.
History The territory of New Jersey, originally occupied by Lenni-Lenape Indians, was settled in the 17th c.
Economy New Jersey's highly developed agriculture is primarily directed towards supplying the large cities with basic foodstuffs (vegetables, fruit, dairy products).
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 Jersey information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Jersey was occupied by Nazi Germany from 1 May, 1940, and was held until 9 May, 1945, the end of World War II.
Jersey Royal potatoes are the local variety of new potato, and the island is famous for its early crop of small potatoes from the south-facing côtils (steeply-sloping fields).
Jersey is a member of the British-Irish Council, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie.
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 Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Jersey was seized by William Longsword Duke of Normandy in 933.
Jersey was occupied by Nazi Germany from 1 May 1940 and was held until 9 May 1945 the end of World War II Politics
Jèrriais the island's Norman language is spoken a minority of the population although it the majority language in the 19th century.
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 History of stamps - Jersey Post
The Jersey breed of cattle and its milk is famous worldwide, as is the generic name ‘Jersey’ for sweaters and a particular type of material.
Two years later, Jersey gave hospitality to the young Prince of Wales, later Charles II; it was in Jersey that, following the execution of Charles I in 1649, the Prince was proclaimed as King by Sir George de Carteret, Sir Philippe’s successor, the first part of the British realm in which he was thus recognised.
Today, Jersey has a viable and efficient post office organisation handling over 75 million items per year which, although far less than the major administrations of the world, nevertheless compares favourably with a large number of other administrations of greater area and population than Jersey but whose postal requirements are fewer and services less sophisticated.
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 New Jersey Family Policy Council
New Jersey's largest employers, the chemical, electronics, and food manufacturing industries, have lost a combined total of over 65,000 jobs over the past decade; the electronics industry alone has lost over 40,000 jobs.
The New Jersey Department of Labor estimates that this 1995 population represents 2,861,238 households, with about 2,194,704 householders who are under 65 years old.
Bradley made this statement in 1984, but between 1986 and 1996, when he resigned his Senate seat, capital gains tax doubled for a typical taxpayer (from approximately 14% in 1986 to 28% in 1996) and overall tax burdens were raised to all-time highs.
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 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - About the Fed - Speeches - New Jersey's Economy and Banking Developments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Both New Jersey's economy and the nation's are showing a great deal of resilience as we begin the ninth year of this economic expansion--the longest peacetime expansion in the nation's history.
The best gauge of the strength of New Jersey's economy is the solid growth in jobs that we have seen in the last few years and the tightening of the labor market.
New Jersey banks have shared in the industry's prosperity, and their ratio of nonperforming loans is much lower than the national average.
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 Economy of Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The economy of Jersey is based largely on international financial services, agriculture, and tourism.
The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents an important export income earner.
Until the 19th century, cider was the largest agricultural export with up to a quarter of the agricultural land given over to orchards.
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 Jersey - Economy
The economy is based largely on international financial services, agriculture, and tourism.
In recent years, the government has encouraged light industry to locate in Jersey, with the result that an electronics industry has developed alongside the traditional manufacturing of knitwear.
Jersey pounds per US dollar - 0.6764 (January 2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997), 0.6403 (1996); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound
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 Jersey City: Economy - Major Industries and Commercial Activity
Jersey City, which is located in the heart of the New Jersey/New York City metropolitan area, experienced an economic renaissance in the 1990s, and the growth trend continues into the 21st century.
Jersey City, with 11 miles of waterfront on the Hudson River, is part of the bustling Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Port Jersey is divided into a 100 acre industrial park and a modern 110 acre port, with bulk capabilities, roll-on, roll-off, breakbulk facilities, and fully computerized operations.
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 Is This Jersey?: News
Jersey is a small island economy of 45 square miles (116 square kilometres), geographically close to France, though politically a Crown Dependency of the United Kingdom.
The States of Jersey’s political assembly consists of 53 independently elected members, of which 12 are Senators with an island wide mandate, 29 Deputies who are elected on a parochial mandate and 12 Constables who take their place in the assembly as a right of being elected leader of their respective parish.
Jersey is one of 70 or so tax havens in the world that have in excess of £6.5 trillion (€9.01 trillion) hidden in the form of ‘companies’, ‘trusts’ and ‘funds’.
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 2006 Technology Economy Report Card
The story is one of continuing trends, as the New Jersey technology economy continues to restructure itself and rebound from the severe contraction experienced earlier this decade.
In part, New Jersey is trapped by a tepid national economy — many of the state’s growth curves now piggyback on the national trend.
The New Jersey workforce has the technical skills to compete but is not yielding the discoveries or developing the cutting edge technologies necessary to secure and maintain competitive advantage.
www.njtc.org /publicpolicy/2006reportcard.asp   (919 words)

  
 Economy Of Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 Home: The New Jersey Builders Association
The New Jersey Builders Association is a professional trade association comprised of builders, remodelers, material suppliers, subcontractors, consultants, lending institutions, utilities and others involved in housing and building-related fields.
NJBA highlighted the existing atmosphere of regulatory uncertainty in New Jersey, due in particular to DEP’s lack of recognition of prior public sector planning decisions.
In response to a suit brought by NJBA, the Appellate Division of New Jersey’s courts has found that, like towns, state agencies have a constitutional obligation to take “affirmative steps to ensure adequate affordable housing” where they are responsible for planning and zoning.
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 Is This Jersey?: BBC RADIO JERSEY: partisan as ever
Jersey's mail company says all delayed post from the UK will be delivered in time for Christmas.
BBC Radio Jersey would never seek to identify a caller as a member of the establishment or one with right wing views, yet a member of ATTAC France is so identified and ridiculed.
The BBC in Jersey, like the organisation in general, hates to be identified as anything other that white middle class Liberals.
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 Jersey Economy - overview - Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Jersey's economy is based on international financial services, agriculture, and tourism.
Definition: This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization.
It also characterizes major economic events and policy changes in the most recent 12 months and may include a statement about one or two key future macroeconomic trends.
www.indexmundi.com /jersey/economy_overview.html   (219 words)

  
 Fiscal Health Through Fiscal Restraint: A Lesson from New Jersey
The same healthy economy that produces a large revenue stream for the federal government also fills the coffers at the local and state level.
During the 1990 recession, New Jersey was particularly hard hit partly because of the tax increases enacted by the government.
New Jersey is a prime example of the benefits of slowing the growth of government.
www.house.gov /jec/fiscal/budget/health/health.htm   (1576 words)

  
 2001 Annual Review - JerseyTelecom
The continued growth of Jersey Telecom in 2001 resulted in a strengthening of both the profit and loss account and balance sheet with turnover increasing from £58.3m to £65.4m and operating profits increasing from £12.9m to £14.96m.
Commenting on the future, Deputy Paul Routier, President of the Jersey Telecom Board, stated: “Jersey Telecom supports the principle of competition and welcomes it where it is of overall benefit to the Island.
He concluded: “Jersey Telecom intends to continue its excellent record of delivering value-for-money, world-class service and we hope to be able to work efficiently and pragmatically with all industry players and stakeholders to develop a truly effective telecommunications market”.
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 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - About the Fed - Speeches - The Economic Outlook for the United States and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This is a good sign, and an indication that the economy may be preparing to resume growth.
In a state that has been referred to as "the cure corridor" and "the nation's medicine chest," the pharmaceutical industry is the fastest growing sector of the state's economy.
In a strategy to lure high-tech companies to the state, the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology was recently allocated $10 million to spend on technology incubators.
www.phil.frb.org /publicaffairs/speeches/santomero18.html   (1975 words)

  
 Rutgers economist sees troubled New Jersey economy
Hughes said New Jersey is in the middle of the slowest and weakest economic expansion in the post-World War II era, citing recent studies that have ranked the Garden State 44th in private-sector job growth.
The lack of job growth has affected state business leaders, who are less confident in New Jersey's economy than they have been in more than a decade, according to recent survey results.
Hughes also said recent studies have ranked New Jersey's business-tax climate among the worst in the nation, but Hughes said "corporate America is not about to pack its bags and leave New Jersey." However, he added that the state's stranglehold on the telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries is steadily slipping away.
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 New Jersey: History, Geography, Population, and State Facts — Infoplease.com
New Jersey became a united crown colony in 1702, administered by the royal governor of New York.
Today, New Jersey, an area of wide industrial diversification, is known as the Crossroads of the East.
New Jersey: Economy - Economy Only four states are smaller in size than New Jersey, yet New Jersey ranks ninth in the...
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 HealthCare Institute of New Jersey
And since New Jersey is the global epicenter of the pharmaceutical and medical technology industry, the effects of these forces are felt more immediately in our backyard.
New Jersey medical technology companies ranked 3rd in the nation in new device approvals, and are quickly closing in on becoming the nation’s leader in innovation.
New Jersey has always had unique advantages over other states when it comes to nurturing the pharmaceutical and medical technology industry.
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 New Jersey: Economy
Only four states are smaller in size than New Jersey, yet New Jersey ranks ninth in the nation in population and has the highest population density of any U.S. state, facts owing in part to its proximity to both New York City and Philadelphia but also indicative of its economic importance.
New Jersey is a major industrial center, an important transportation corridor and terminus, and a long-established playground for summer vacationers.
New Jersey and the regional economy: discussion summarized.
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 Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bailiwick of Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency
As well as the island of Jersey itself, the Bailiwick also includes the uninhabited islands of the Minquiers and Ecréhous, the Pierres de Lecq
The Jersey Film Society was founded on 11 December 1947 at the Café Bleu, West's Cinema.
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 Jersey Economy: from the All Country Info reference guide to country facts
Jersey Economy: from the All Country Info reference guide to country facts
Jersey Economy: A summary of information about Jersey Economy, from government research data as well as independent research and other sources.
Jersey pounds per US$1 - 0.6092 (January 2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997), 0.6403 (1996), 0.6335 (1995); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound
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 Economy of Jersey - Definition, explanation
The economy of Jersey is based largely on international financial services, agriculture, and tourism.
The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents an important export income earner.
Exchange rates: Jersey pounds per US dollar - 0.6981 (January 2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound
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 Jersey Economy 1997 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Economy - overview The economy is based largely on financial services, agriculture, andtourism.
The Jersey breed of dairy cattle isknown worldwide and represents an important export earner.
In 1986 the finance sector overtook tourismas the main contributor to GDP, accounting for 40% of the island's output.In recent years, the government has encouraged light industry to locate inJersey, with the result that an electronics industry has developed alongsidethe traditional manufacturing of knitwear.
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 Jersey Economy 1991 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Overview: The economy is based largely on financial services, agriculture, and tourism.
The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents an important export earner.
Exchange rates: Jersey pounds (5J) per US$1--0.5171 (January 1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817 (1986), 0.7714 (1985); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound
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 New Jersey Economy at a Glance
New Jersey includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:
Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the CES survey (State and Area)
Do you have a New York-New Jersey (R02) region data question?
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 New Jersey Reports & Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
While prosperity still reigns in the state, and its knowledge-based economy remains the envy of much of America, New Jersey now faces its most uncertain long term economic future since the Great Depression.
Concerned that New Jersey has become less competitive in recent years in its business attraction and retention efforts, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce commissioned a study to determine ways the state can drastically improve in this crucial area.
Mary Jane Cooper, the state's inspector general, released a report April 22, 2005 on whether $8.6 billion in school funding was disbursed in an efficient and appropriate manner and to make recommendations that could result in efficient use of remaining funds.
www.njchamber.com /Publications/studies.htm   (819 words)

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