Monthly Archives: April 2008
Behavior-Based Interviewing
The mantra of human resources departments, says Mary Anne Kennedy, a human resources director at Bristol-Myers Squibb, is “past behavior, future predictor.” Whether or not this rule of thumb...
Chekhov’s ‘Seagull,’ Circa 2008
In Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” — and Emily Mann’s updated version of the play, “Seagull in the Hamptons,” which goes into previews at McCarter on Friday, May 2 —...
Bryce Thompson — 50 Years of Risk Taking
In a town where real mansions, not McMansions, grace tree-lined streets, the three-story house at 195 Nassau Street, kitty corner from St. Paul’s Church, with a basement office and...
Corporate Angels
Safeway Genuardi’s in East Brunswick is running its annual month-long fundraising and awareness campaign to benefit Easter Seals. Safeway plans to raise millions of dollars to fund critical regional...
Novo Nordisk Moves Across Route 1
At a time when many critics chide New Jersey for being unfriendly to businesses of any size, the state announced it has offered a $7.2 million incentive package to...
Economic Stimulus Payments Coming
The Internal Revenue Service has begun distributing money under its ballyhooed economic stimulus plan. Direct deposit payments started this week and will continue over the next few months, but...
Fixing Pay-to-Play Laws
It often seems difficult to pick up a newspaper or listen to a newscast without hearing about some pay-to-play campaign scandal; the term itself seems to indicate that someone...
Making Green Ventures Profitable
Making Green Work‘It’s all noble and wonderful to try and save the world, but how are you going to make this venture pay?” This query came from Faruq Marikar,...
To the Editor: Dinky’s Future
To the Editor: Dinky’s FutureIn the April 9 U.S. 1 Richard K. Rein proposed using the Dinky train to augment Princeton Borough’s transportation system between its trips back and...
Office Vacancies Paint Grim Picture
A recent study by Parsippany-based research firm Jones Lang LaSalle shows that talk of the state’s continuing economic stress is far from academic. According to the study, which charts...