TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 1 -- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued the following news release: * * * - Initiative will replicate proven UC San Francisco Trauma Recovery Center Model * * * Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced that the Attorney General's Office is offering $6 million in federal Victims of Crime Act ("VOCA") funding to qualified applicants to establish up to four Trauma Recovery Centers, which will provide comprehensive mental health and support ser  more

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Becton, Dickinson and Co., a medical technology company, issued the following news release: FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., and WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS, - BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, along with Check-Points Health B.V., announced today that FDA 510(k) clearance was obtained for a molecular screening test for antibiotic-resistant carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) on the fully-automated BD MAX  more

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- Becton, Dickinson and Co., a medical technology company, issued the following news release: BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the publication of a company-initiated, independent analysis of the LUTONIX(R) 035 Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) femoropopliteal clinical program in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Cardiovascular Interventions. These data were simultaneo  more

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Becton, Dickinson and Co., a medical technology company, issued the following edited news release: BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, announced the availability of BD Rhapsody WTA Amplification kit for single-cell analysis on the BD Rhapsody system. The BD Rhapsody WTA Amplification kit can be used in combination with BD AbSeq reagents to simultaneously study the entire transcriptome and protein markers. The BD  more

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, Oct. 30 -- Conduent, a provider of diversified business services with capabilities in transaction processing, automation and analytics, issued the following news release: The Division of Parking Services in Columbus, Ohio, has been named an Innovative Organization of the Year by the National Parking Association for its work with Conduent Incorporated (NYSE: CNDT). The award, presented last week at the association's Annual Convention & Expo in Orlando, recognizes Columb  more

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Conduent, a provider of diversified business services with capabilities in transaction processing, automation and analytics, issued the following news release: Conduent Incorporated (NYSE: CNDT) plans to report its third-quarter 2019 financial results on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 after market close. Management will present the results during a conference call and webcast at 5:00 p.m. ET. The call will be available by live audio webcast along with the news  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 30 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal filed suit Tuesday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to take required steps to compel state action to control cross-state air pollution. Despite having strict in-state emissions limits, Connecticut has been unable to meet federal ozone standards due to emissions from other states tha  more

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Emerson Electric, an automation technology and software company, issued the following news: Emerson's fluid control & pneumatics facility in Florham Park was recently recognized by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) for its leadership in Environmental Stewardship. The facility was highlighted for voluntary and proactive measures taken to improve the environment and foster sustainability. Besides being the innovation headquarters fo  more

AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 1 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release: Service has been restored to more than 222,500 FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) customers who lost power due to powerful rain and windstorms that swept across the region on Halloween. Long periods of heavy rain, totaling three inches in many places, coupled with strong winds gusting to 55 mph, began battering Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey yesterday morning. Parts of central Pennsylvania, West Virgini  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 31 -- Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, issued the following news release: * * * - The government of the DRC supports use of Janssen's vaccine regimen as part of expanded public health response to country's Ebola outbreak - the second-worst on record * * * The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has decided to use the investigational Ebola vaccine regimen currently being developed by the Janssen Pharmaceu  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Johnson & Johnson issued the following news release: * * * - Over 60 New Tests of the Recalled Lot Conducted by Two Third-Party Laboratories Find No Asbestos * * * Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (the Company) today announced that 15 new tests from the same bottle of Johnson's Baby Powder previously tested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found no asbestos. An additional 48 new laboratory tests of samples from the single lot of Johnson's Ba  more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Jones Lang LaSalle issued the following news release: * * * - Loan proceeds will fund the completion of renovation plan at Essex County property * * * JLL announced today it has arranged financing totaling $117.86 million for Everly Roseland, a 360-unit apartment community located in Roseland, Essex County, New Jersey. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Novel Property Ventures, to secure the $96.36 million senior loan through an international bank and a  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: Women experiencing hair loss or thinning due to medical issues such as cancer and alopecia had the opportunity to receive a free wig through Assemblywoman Britnee N. Timberlake's "Covered with Compassion" initiative on Monday, October 28, 2019. Timberlake hosted the event at her legislative office in East Orange this morning, with over 100 participants of all ages in attendance. "The aim of this annual  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: In a state with more than 380,000 veterans, New Jersey lawmakers continue to seek ways to address the issues affecting both former and current military members. The 1st Legislative District lawmakers Senator Bob Andrzejczak and Assemblymen Bruce Land and Matthew Milam joined Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin for a press conference at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Wildwood on Monday, Oct. 28 to di  more

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- TD Bank, a financial services company, issued the following news release: Gloucester, Massachusetts, residents can look forward to having more opportunities for a better life with the recent groundbreaking on a new Cape Ann YMCA facility. The new YMCA, operated by the YMCA of the North Shore, Inc., will provide affordable access to health and child care programs along with new jobs in the community. TD Community Development Corporation (TDCDC), a wholly-owne  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued the following news release: Today Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal filed two lawsuits to force EPA to impose tougher limits on the air pollution from hundreds of out-of-state industrial sources that contribute to high ozone levels in New Jersey and across the northeast. Although the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires states to act as "good neighbors" by controlling air pollution that significantly contributes to the  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 30 -- The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities issued the following news release: The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has approved a $732,213 energy efficiency incentive for Hackensack Meridian Health's Jersey Shore Medical Center under New Jersey's Clean Energy Program's Large Energy Users Program. "Fighting climate change is everyone's responsibility, and buildings are one of our largest sources of those harmful greenhouse gasses that we must reduce. Th  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 29 -- New York Empire State Development issued the following news release: * * * - Authentic Indian Cheese Producer Will Grow Operations in the Village of Waterloo; Will Create Almost 40 New Jobs - Investment Complements "Finger Lakes Forward" - The Region's Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and Grow the Economy * * * Empire State Development (ESD) today announced that authentic Indian cheese maker Deep Dairy Products, L.L.C., which is part of the Deep   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 30 -- The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities issued the following news release: The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) approved a rule proposal that would increase protections for residents who rely on utility service for life-sustaining medical equipment in their homes. The proposed amendments, which are designed to prevent service shutoffs for any residence that has provided proper verification that a customer is using medical equipment, provide addition  more

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Verizon has certified a new wireless IoT chipset and module developed by Nordic Semiconductor. The nRF9160TM System-in-Package (SiP) for multimode LTE-M1/Narrowband-IoT, with assisted GPS, is one of the smallest, lowest power, most-integrated solutions available on the market today. The certification grants developers access to the Verizon network, affording them   more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, Oct. 31 -- Ogletree Deakins, a law firm, issued the following news release: Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Kevin Walker has joined the firm's Morristown office as shareholder. Walker joins the firm from McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter in Morristown, where he was a partner. "The total number of U.S. corporate litigation matters in the United States increased by 11.5 percent f  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey issued the following news release: * * * - 4th Code of Ethics Follows Codes for Port Authority Commissioners, Employees and Vendors - 1st Lessee-Focused Code of Ethics of Its Kind * * * Today the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey introduced a Lessee Code of Ethics as part of the agency's comprehensive integrity program adopted by the Board of Commissioners in September of 2017. Following the Commissioner Code of Ethi  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey issued the following news release: * * * - Port Authority airports set nine-month passenger volume record, handling 1.9 percent more passengers than the previous record of 103.8 million; - Port of New York and New Jersey cargo volumes surge to 5.5 percent higher than previous nine-month record, with port volumes once again placing the port as No. 2 in the nation; * * * Continuing its record-setting pace across all Port Autho  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism, by Victoria Smolkin When the Bolsheviks set out to build a new world in the wake of the Russian Revolution, they expected religion to die off. Soviet power used a variety of tools--from education to propaganda to terror--to turn its vision of a Communist world without religion into reality. Yet even with its monopoly on ideology and pow  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore, by Lawrence Millman and illustrated by Amy Jean Porter Fungipedia presents a delightful A-Z treasury of mushroom lore. With more than 180 entries--on topics as varied as Alice in Wonderland, chestnut blight, medicinal mushrooms, poisonings, Santa Claus, and waxy caps--this collection will transport both general readers and specialists into the rem  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Mathematics and Computation: A Theory Revolutionizing Technology and Science, by Avi Wigderson Mathematics and Computation provides a broad, conceptual overview of computational complexity theory--the mathematical study of efficient computation. With important practical applications to computer science and industry, computational complexity theory has evolved into a highly interdisciplinary fie  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Protest!: A History of Social and Political Protest Graphics, by Liz McQuiston Throughout history, artists and citizens have turned to protest art as a means of demonstrating social and political discontent. From the earliest broadsheets in the 1500s to engravings, photolithographs, prints, posters, murals, graffiti, and political cartoons, these endlessly inventive graphic forms have symbolized  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths: Edited, translated and introduction by William Hansen Captured centaurs and satyrs, incompetent seers, people who suddenly change sex, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh--these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. T  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: William Blake, edited by Martin Myrone and Amy Concannon, and afterword by Alan Moore William Blake (1757-1827) created some of the most iconic images in the history of art. He was a countercultural prophet whose personal struggles, technical innovations, and revelatory vision have inspired generations of artists. This marvelously illustrated book explores the biographical, artistic, and politi  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 30 [TNSenvironmentresearch-Nature Partner Journal Climate and Atmospheric Science] -- Princeton University issued the following news release: * * * - For three hurricane seasons in a row, storms with record-breaking rainfall have caused catastrophic flooding in the southern United States: Harvey in 2017, Florence in 2018 and Imelda in 2019. * * * A new analysis by Princeton researchers explains why this trend is likely to continue with global warming. Both the hig  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 1 [TNSgrants] -- Princeton University issued the following news release: Yibin Kang, Ph.D., the Warner-Lambert/Parke Davis Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the associate director for Consortium Research of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has been awarded an American Cancer Society Research Professorship, receiving a lifelong designation accompanied by a five-year $400,000 commitment. Kang's research focuses on the molecular mechanis  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency issued the following news release: New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) Executive Director Charles A. Richman, local officials and The Michaels Organization celebrated the completion of the major renovation of 64 townhomes that will preserve historic properties and affordable homes for families in Camden. Cooper Plaza Historic Townhomes involved the restoration of a five-block section of homes  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 1 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: For centuries, tales of blood-sucking vampires have scared the daylights out of people around the world. These fictional tales largely originated in eastern European folklore, says Kimberlee Moran, but they are actually rooted in the natural - but little understood - science of human decomposition. For instance, explains the Rutgers University-Camden researcher, disturbing reports of bodies moving - surely evid  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 30 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Rutgers professor is at the forefront of duckweed farming research * * * Climate change is threatening the world's food supply and the risk of supply disruptions is expected to grow as temperatures rise, according to a new United Nations report co-authored by Rutgers human ecology professor Pamela McElwee. So, how would we feed everyone if the Earth's population hits 9.7 billion in 2050 as projected?   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 30 [TNSbiologyresearch-Nature Communications] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Study may spawn ways to genetically alter and control red seaweeds * * * You'd think that losing 25 percent of your genes would be a big problem for survival. But not for red algae, including the seaweed used to wrap sushi. An ancestor of red algae lost about a quarter of its genes roughly one billion years ago, but the algae still became dominant in near-sh  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Nov. 1 -- Sun Chemical, a member of DIC Group, issued the following news release: Sun Chemical will exhibit its portfolio for functional, industrial and specialty print applications suitable for a broad range of market sectors at InPrint 2019, in Munich, Germany from 12 to 14 November on stand 246 in Hall A6. SunJet, the global inkjet brand of Sun Chemical and DIC, will demonstrate its most recent developments in inkjet chemistry and its ability to collaborate on develo  more

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- TD Bank, a financial services company, issued the following news release: TD Bank's Allen Love was certain about his career direction while attending the University of New Haven for a master's in public administration. But when a professor recommended he should consider a career at the Treasury Department, it changed his professional life forever. "I started training to be a Special Agent, Love said. "When I went through the specialized training for financia  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Verisk, a data analytics provider, issued the following news release: Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, today announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. Scott Stephenson, chairman, president, and CEO, said, "I'm pleased to report that Verisk delivered strong revenue and EBITDA growth in the third quarter driven by continued strength in our Insurance segment and solid improvement in Energy and Specialized Markets. We're  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Wyndham Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) today announced results for the three months ended September 30, 2019. Highlights include: * Diluted earnings per share declined 19%, to $0.47, and adjusted diluted EPS grew 29%, to $1.10. * Net income was $45 million for the third quarter, a 22% decrease over the prior-year quarter; adjusted net income was $106 million, a 25% increase over the prior-year quarte  more