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Love is in the air, but consumers aren't quite ready to shell out the big bucks for their loved ones.

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Governor Christie has indicated he is willing to sign an internet gaming bill into law, if several changes are made to the legislation.

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The price at the pump keeps going up, and it's taking a bigger chunk of the family budget than ever before.

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If you want to know what kind of impact the federal Sandy relief aid will have on New Jersey, it makes sense to ask State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, right? That's what Assembly Budget Committee chairman Vinnie Prieto thought so he invited the Treasurer to testify before his committee yesterday, but Sidamon-Eristoff was no-show.

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In less than three weeks, Governor Chris Christie will deliver his Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 State Budget Address in a special joint session of the legislature. The chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee says Christie and lawmakers should be looking into the FY 2012 and FY 3013 spending plans now because the surplus is getting too low for comfort and another disaster, natural or otherwise could cripple us.

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If you have decided not to retire, you can join the growing club. Two out of three between the ages of 45 and 60 plan to delay retirement, according to a report from the Conference Board.

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Late last month as most people expected, Governor Chris Christie refused to sign a bill which would have increased the state's minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.50 and would've tied future increases to the rate of inflation every year. Instead, Christie conditionally vetoed the bill and offered what he calls a responsible compromise. Tomorrow, Democrats move ahead full-steam with their plan to let voters decide the issue.

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The average length of time Americans spent unemployed in January dropped by nearly three weeks, but not for the reason you may think. It is likely because many people ran out of unemployment benefits and stopped looking for work.

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New Jersey's jobless could have some hope if the top Democrat in the Upper House has his way.

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Don't look now, but the financial markets have been surging since the beginning of the year, and many experts expect the trend to continue for the remainder of 2013.

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