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Emergencies? There's an app for that
Stacey Vanek Smith May 8, 2013
A new market is emerging for apps that can connect people to emergency services and family members during a crisis.
Six months after Sandy, a Jersey Shore ice cream shop gets ready to open for summer
Kai Ryssdal Apr 29, 2013
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced an additional $1.8 billion in recovery aid for homeowners, renters and small businesses, today. Some of those businesses have been plugging along in the meantime.
Mark Zuckerberg's money lays path for change in Newark schools
Sabri Ben-Achour Apr 4, 2013
Most of the $100 million donation has been spent on brokering a new teachers contract that creates performance-based pay and opening new schools.
I heart New Jersey... despite its high property taxes
Jen Miller Mar 22, 2013
Commentator Jen Miller could up and leave the Garden State with its high taxes. But is the grass -- and the tax savings -- really any greener someplace else?
Borgata hotel room gambling trains customers to go online
Tracey Samuelson Mar 18, 2013
As states legalize online gambling, how does a casino hold on to customers? At the Borgata in Atlantic City, you can leave the casino floor and play the slots on a TV in your room.
@Mayor: Cory Booker on the power of technology
David Brancaccio Mar 13, 2013
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker talks to Marketplace Tech about his new social media start-up and why he tweets so much.
The self-reliance movement goes mainstream
Dan Gorenstein Feb 12, 2013
With the world looking a lot more fragile, more people are taking their survival into their own hands -- and garages.
100 days later, many Sandy victims lack homes
Mark Garrison Feb 6, 2013
Many New York and New Jersey residents displaced by Hurricane Sandy face hurdles in returning to their homes of finding housing close by.
How Sandy disrupted phone communications
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Feb 5, 2013
The FCC looks at what can be done to minimize disruptions to phone service during natural disasters.
Globalist Quiz: The high price of natural disasters
Stephan Richter Mar 13, 2013
Three months after 'Superstorm' Sandy ripped through the Northeast, the Senate has approved $50 billion in emergency relief. The high cost of natural disasters is the subject of today's quiz.
