Mercer Business

United Way of Greater Mercer County

Under the volunteer leadership of Chairman of the Board Michael J. Conlan (Blank Rome LLP - Counselors at Law) and the professional leadership of Craig E. Lafferty, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Way of Greater Mercer County is charting the course to provide human services for the problems facing today's residents.

Ask a Busy Person: John Simone

John is also a long-time member of the board of Capital Health System Foundation, a group whose mission is to foster programs and services that will improve the quality of life and personal dignity of the hospital's patients and community residents.

Keeping Our Soldiers Safe

Trenton was a vital industrial powerhouse on the East Coast, and from its fiery furnaces poured an almost unbelievable plethora of products, such as rubber, steel, and ceramics, to be carried forth to waiting markets all over the world. [...] instead of the vehicle grinding to a halt, forcing the troops inside to either emerge and be exposed to hostile fire or wait like sitting ducks and hope for rescue, the runflat tires let the vehicle keep on operating until it reaches a safe location. I...

Hard to Find Easy Money

Bad credit, bad loans, bank failures, a dismal real estate market, an unprecedented federal bailout of financial institutions, a plunging stock market, excess inventory, fear and trepidation have triggered a flood of layoffs and shutdowns, with more than 1.2 million jobs lost in the U.S. this year: * The U.S. auto industry is in serious trouble, with auto sales at their lowest point in 25 years; General Motors and Ford last month reported disastrous third-quarter results with both manufacture...

From Clouds to Communities

[...] in entrepreneurial spirit, the Lawrenceville company partly alleviates this purchase cost by means of "wireless communications companies - they pay us for leases to put their equipment up at our water tower," vice president Skip Conover told us, enabling rates to be raised only once in the last 10 years. To achieve the necessary purity, the iron is resolidified and spouted into a very large lined pool before it's received by the sewer plant, therefore constituting an unusual cost; whil...

A Little Knowledge Goes a Long Way

Every public library offers job hunting on the Internet, resume development, job searching via workshops, career exploration, and small business and entrepreneurial success.