Approximately 79,000 New Jersey residents who had been collecting long-term unemployment benefits have now been cut off, because the federal emergency jobless program has run out of money.
This year has been characterized by a slow yet steady economic recovery in the United States, but the pace of that trend may be quickening with less than a week left in 2013.
Stores are hoping Americans who've been tight-fisted with their money will get the last-minute itch to buy in the final week of the holiday shopping season.
As the economy continues its slow-motion recovery, many Garden State residents are using their entire salaries for day-to-day expenses, and ignoring saving for retirement.
This year, the credit card market was characterized by sign-up perks worth hundreds of dollars, increased credit availability and a return to dangerous overspending. So, what could 2014 possibly have in store?
Legislation introduced in Trenton would require all New Jersey-based companies, large and small, to offer at least five paid sick days to their workers every year.