Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:47 PM SAST

New Jersey

Overview

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered on the northeast by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware.

Headlines Around the Web

Ex-Rep. Ford: Booker was right

May 21 - Politico

Christie backs EPA on power plant

May 21 - Politico

Christie, Booker join in spoof video

May 16 - Politico

N.J. Gov. Christie vetoes health-exchange measure

May 10 - MarketWatch

Christie: Nation of couch potatoes

Apr 10 - Politico

Cities Shunning N.J. Health Plan Waste $100 Million, Audit Says

Feb 28 - Business Week

Christie Pitches New Jersey Budget, Tax Cuts in Radio Blitz

Feb 28 - Business Week

Christie Takes to Airwaves to Pitch New Jersey Budget, Tax Cuts

Feb 27 - Business Week

Christie Budget Relies on ‘Optimistic’ Projections, S&P Says

Feb 24 - Business Week

Christie Says Obama Using Buffett as Tool for Tax Policies

Feb 23 - Business Week

Christie Says Obama ’Using’ Buffett as Tool for U.S. Tax Policy

Feb 23 - Business Week

Christie Challenged by N.J. Democrats’ Pitch for Higher Wage

Feb 23 - Business Week

Buffett Should ‘Write a Check and Shut Up,’ Christie Says

Feb 22 - Business Week

Harry Carson Congress bid ruled out in New Jersey

Feb 22 - Politico

Buffett should 'just write a cheque and shut up'

Feb 22 - Financial Post

Trial starts for student in gay cybercrime case

Feb 21 - France24

Christie: No deal on gay marriage

Feb 21 - Politico

Whitney Houston Mourners, Famous and Those Not, Say Goodbye

Feb 19 - Business Week

Port Authority Handled Record Amount of Shipping Cargo in 2011

Feb 18 - Business Week

Christie Vetoes Gay Marriage Setting Up N.J. Override Fight

Feb 18 - Business Week

Articles About New Jersey

Gupta jury hears competing views of Rajaratnam ties

By Reuters

Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta was once on hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam's "important people" list but excluded from a fantasy football celebration helicopter trip to Atlantic City with other corporate high-flyers. (1:14 am)

MORE TOPICS: GOLDMAN SACHS, LLOYD BLANKFEIN, COURT, NEW YORK, MANAGEMENT, LAWYER

Wall Street ticks higher, Facebook falls again

By Reuters

Stocks advanced on Tuesday, led by financial shares after a strong read on existing home sales encouraged buying in sectors tied to economic growth. (9:21 pm)

MORE TOPICS: DOW JONES, BANK OF AMERICA, MORGAN STANLEY, NASDAQ OMX GROUP, EXISTING HOME SALES, FACEBOOK

Cory Booker Backtracks Obama/Bain Criticism Booker-Style -- On Social Media

Cory Booker's Bain Capital Money - Finance Industry, Bain Gave $565,000+ To 2002 Mayoral Campaign

By IBTimes

The substantial support Booker received from Bain Capital and the financial industry may help explain the Newark mayor's comments on Sunday's "Meet the Press." (5:14 pm)

Why Didn't Dharun Ravi Apologize To Tyler Clementi's Family? It 'Would Sound Rehearsed And Empty,' Ex-Rutgers Student Says

By IBTimes

A New Jersey judge was lenient in sentencing Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers student found guilty of invasion of privacy of his roommate Tyler Clementi in a case that led to Tyler jumping off the George Washington Bridge, by giving Ravi 30 days in prison. (May 22)

Lauren Odes, NJ Woman, Fired From Lingerie Store Native Intimates For Being Too Busty [PHOTOS]

By IBTimes

Lauren Odes, a 29-year-old woman from New Jersey, said she was fired from her temp job at a lingerie store in New York for being too busty and was not dressed demurely enough. Represented by Gloria Allred, she filed a suit for gender and religious discrimination against Native Intimates. (May 22)

MF Global paid Corzine $8 million in year before collapse

By Reuters

Former MF Global Holdings Ltd <MFGLQ.PK> chief Jon Corzine received more than $8 million in pay and stock options from the futures brokerage in the year before it went bankrupt. (May 22)

MORE TOPICS: GOLDMAN SACHS, COURT, NEW YORK

Rangers' Stralman upends Devils' Gionta in front of Rangers' Lundqvist during the third period in game 3 of their NHL Eastern Conference Final hockey playoff game

Rangers vs. Devils: Live Stream, Watch Online, Preview for Game 4

By IBTimes

The Rangers look to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference Finals series with the Devils. (May 22)

Facebook shares sink 11 percent as reality overtakes hype

By Reuters

Facebook shares sank 11 percent in the first day of trading without the full support of the company's underwriters, leaving some investors down almost 25 percent from where they were Friday and driving others to switch back to more established stocks. (May 21)

MORE TOPICS: MORGAN STANLEY, FACEBOOK, FLORIDA, NEW YORK

Facebook shares sink as reality overtakes hype

By Reuters

Facebook shares sank in the first day of trading without the full support of the company's underwriters, leaving some investors down almost 25 percent from where they were Friday and driving others to switch back to more established stocks. (May 21)

MORE TOPICS: MORGAN STANLEY, FACEBOOK, FLORIDA, NEW YORK