$35M Margaritaville complex opens at ACs Resorts

"There weren't a whole lot of people sitting around New Jersey or Pennsylvania that said, `Let's go party tonight in Resorts,'" said Etess, whose Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority now runs Resorts Casino Hotel. "I don't even think their parents were doing ...

New Jersey bars filled premium liquor bottles with cheap booze authorities say

TRENTON, N.J. – Twenty-nine bars and restaurants, nearly half of them TGI Fridays, filled premium brand liquor bottles with lower-quality booze and sold it to patrons who thought they were buying the good stuff, authorities said Wednesday. A yearlong investigation by the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, dubbed Operation Swill, found that the establishments had swapped out the ...

Buonos 1st TV ad is on air in NJ governors race

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- State Sen. Barbara Buono and Gov. Chris Christie are both on the air with new campaign commercials in their race for ...

Survey CEOs optimistic on New Jersey

Chief executives are bullish on New Jersey. The New Jersey Economic Policy Summits 2013 C-Suite Survey of Garden State CEOs found that 25 percent said New Jersey is a good to excellent place to do business, up from 12 percent in 2010, according to Phillyburbs.com. In this years survey, 28 percent said New Jersey is a good to excellent place in which to expand their businesses, up from 11 percent ...

First-time jobless claims drop by 23000

The U.S. Labor Department said first-time jobless benefits claims dropped by 23,000 to 340,000 in the week that ended Saturday. The department revised last week's estimate from 360,000 to 363,000, meaning the prior week's gain in initial claims filed came to 35,000, not 32,000. The four-week rolling average for the week fell by 500 to 339,500. The largest increases in initial claims ...