Solar Cells: Too Toxic To Grow – By Michelle Gray

The solar industry, since its inception, has touted creation of a safe, ...

Eight Tried and True Marketing Tips for 2012

By Bev Jenkin Marketing your product or service is an on-going daily ...

Cystic Fibrosis Patients Armed with Apps

TechCF.org moves to enhance patient outcomes with mobile device applications By Jeanne ...

Corner Office – Bridgette Hobart Janeczko, President of Paradigm Technology Consulting

Bridgette is president of Paradigm Technology Consulting. Spun off as its own business in 1999, the business has grown, evolved, and survived one of the toughest challenges a business can face. When she’s not in the trenches of PTC, you’ll find her in the waters training to swim the English Channel. 2012 is gearing up [...]

Business Events

Startupalooza NJ NJIT Feb. 9th, 2012 3 pm – 6 pm 10 investors/ 2 tracks $20 to exhibit/Free to attend Click here for more information ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 11th Symposium on Biomaterials Science – “Bioactive Scaffolds – from the Nano to the Macro Scale” Presented By: New Jersey Center for Biomaterials Oct 9, 10, 11, 2012 Register [...]

Siemens Announces Plans to Hire 300 Veterans in 2012

Company expands commitment to White House Joining Forces initiative WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Siemens today announced that the company will increase its pledge to the Joining Forces initiative by committing to hiring another 300 veterans in 2012. The announcement was made by Judy Marks, CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, at the Siemens Government [...]

RVCC, WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY SIGN TRANSFER AGREEMENT

Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) in Branchburg and Wilmington University have signed a new agreement that will provide for the seamless transfer of RVCC students to the university with campuses in Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. Read more of this entry

Soligenix Receives $574,000 in Non-Dilutive Financing from New Jersey’s Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program

Cash Resources Total Approximately $6.2 Million or $0.028 per Share Princeton, NJ – January 26, 2012 – Soligenix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a development stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has recently received approximately $574,000, net of transaction costs, in non-dilutive financing via the State of New Jersey’s Technology [...]

US EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Deliver Keynote Speech at Hughes Center Energy Symposium

Galloway Twp., NJ – Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), will be the keynote speaker for the Energy Symposium sponsored by the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. The Energy Symposium will be held on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 [...]

FirstEnergy, Citing Impact of Environmental Regulations, Will Retire Six Coal-Fired Power Plants

Plants Located in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) announced today that its generation subsidiaries will retire six older coal-fired power plants located in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland by September 1, 2012. The decision to close the plants is based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [...]

Celgene to Acquire Avila Therapeutics

Oral Btk inhibitor AVL-292 offers promising potential for treatment of B-cell diseases Avilomics™ Platform enhances drug discovery capabilities SUMMIT, N.J. and BEDFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 26, 2012– Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) and Avila Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company developing targeted covalent drugs that treat diseases through protein silencing, today announced a definitive merger agreement [...]

Constellation Energy Awarded Electricity Supply, Renewable Energy Contracts for Federal Agencies in New England, New York, Pennsylvania

New pacts support President’s greenhouse gas reduction goals BALTIMORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) has been awarded three new General Services Administration (GSA) electricity supply and renewable energy contracts in five states. The additional contracts expand Constellation’s federal supply to 2.7 million megawatt hours of electricity per year, serve almost every region of the country eligible [...]

Angel Investors Play Big Role For Start-Ups, Think Tank Says

By ANGUS LOTEN Angel investors—wealthy individuals who provide capital to start-ups with the potential for fast growth—are an increasingly important source of capital to early stage companies, including in Europe, one recent report says. The report by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development is among the first to gauge angel investing activity around the [...]

Constellation Energy and PureSense Environmental Partner to Provide Automated Load Response Services to Growers

BALTIMORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced an agreement with PureSense Environmental, Inc. to provide automated load response programs to customers of PureSense Environmental’s energy response program, PureSenseESP. The relationship will provide the real-time irrigation management company the opportunity to offer their growers Constellation Energy’s innovative load response programs to help them curb their [...]

Four New Companies Join Science Center Port Business Incubator

 PHILADELPHIA–(January 24, 2012) – The University City Science Center started off the new year by welcoming four new companies into its Port Business Incubator in Philadelphia, PA. Three of the four companies, Immunocore, Kwelia and MedCity Media have taken desk space in the Bullpen, the Port’s newest co-working space, which opened in November 2011. Pharmaceutical [...]