Business & Finance Feature

• On the Money
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South Jersey’s financial experts tell you what you need to know to make the most of your bottom line.

• Minding the Store
Despite a weakened economy and increased competition from national chains and Internet discounters, mom-and-pop shops in South Jersey are thriving. Why?
Gary Coleman is a man who knows how to get things. The local merchant’s willingness to respond to customer requests by quickly finding, ordering and stocking specialty items from a well-honed network

• Saving Your Savings

If your retirement plan or kid’s college fund made it through the recession intact, consider yourself very lucky. Most of us watched, aghast, as our savings tumbled with the economy. Now that things seem to have taken a turn for the better, we asked area experts how to salvage battered financial plans and start saving again. Before you can decide which financial route to travel on a personal basis, you have to take a strong look at the broader economy, which the majority of our financial gurus believe should strengthen by the second half of 2010.

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