From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

As the turmoil over the auto industry bailout plays out in Detroit and Washington, D.C., smaller car dealers on Main Street are also suffering. (Video by Joe Perone / The Star-Ledger)

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

When Estelle Dansky recently took a three-day trip, she left her 1-year-old Shih Tzu, Kobe, with Ann Russell, a "pet host." The two connected through a new company called Buddy’s Sleepovers & Playdates, which has built a network of 80 pet host families across New Jersey. (Leslie Kwoh/The Star-Le...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

The threat of swine flu has forced business owners to be creative as they try and keep everyone healthy. School buses are disinfected after the kids are let off the bus to help cut down on the potential for H1N1 being spread. So far there have been at least 17 people in New Jersey who have died f...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

For the first time since the Norz family took over Norz-Hill Farm in Hillsborough in 1920 there won’t be cows to milk. The family auctioned off 275 dairy cows on Thursday as the family moved from running a dairy farm to one that focuses on agri-tourism. The Norz family said it cost more to produc...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

Unionville vineyards in Ringoes is owned by a group of local landowners, committed to growing the finest grape stock and preserving the craft of artisan winemaking. The first grape vines were planted in 1982 and winemaking started in 1987. The property is part of New Jersey’s Farmland P...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

Alexis Glick is one of the highest profile women in TV financial news. The former Wall Street trader is an anchor and vice president of Fox Business Network. She has to explain to 45 million viewers why the credit bubble burst and what happens next. (Video by Joe Perone/The Star-Ledger)

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

Mark Fields, President of the Americas for the Ford Motor Company sits down with Joe Perone to discuss the auto industry. In a preview, Fields discusses the cash for clunkers program and its impact on Ford’s sales. Fields grew up in Paramus, N.J. and attended Rutgers University for his...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

What the heck is a Wovel? - The Wovel, a snow shovel that looks like a 19th century bicycle, has popped up everywhere in recent days. It was invented by Wall Street executive with a bad back who wanted to clear his driveway without using noisy, air-polluting equipment — but not at the risk of a ...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

Back Thru the Future, a Sussex County recycling firm, turns old computer hard drives into aluminum that can be used to make soda cans. (Video by Joe Perone / The Star-Ledger)

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

Dressing for Pleasure, a Montclair landmark dating back to the mid-eighties, is going out of business after a summer battle with the town over zoning issues. Authorities received an anonymous tip that there was illegal activity in the fetish boutique€™s basement fantasy dungeon. Although no crim...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

Wine expert, and ardent Jets fan, Gary Vaynerchuk has become a mini celebrity with his own wine TV show. By using his webcast, and social media tools like Twitter and Facebook, Vaynerchuk has been able to grow his successful wine company, The Wine Library in Springfield into one of the largest i...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

A satirical look at corporate collapse, "Enron" revisits the accounting scandal via song, dance and ventriloquism. It may be one of Broadway’s strangest bows, starring Jersey's own Norbet Leo Butz as antihero, Jeffrey Skilling. The show is imported from London, penned by an adventurous youn...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

Six months of MTV hype boosted sales of Seaside Heights beach badges on July 4th, totaling more than $75,000, the highest tally in years. An estimated 30,000 people swam and tanned while thousands more opted to stroll the boardwalk rather than purchasing passes for beach access. There was no lac...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

A day at the beach just wouldn’t be the same without the appearance of a banner plane slowly moving across the shoreline. For 15 years, High Exposure Aerial Advertising has been flying banner ads along the Jersey Shore and just about any outdoor venue. Although the early season rain and sluggish...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

Alcatel-Lucent in Murray Hill is part of a consortium of companies working on a connected car of the future. Such cars would use a smart wireless network so passengers could play video games against kids in other cars, surf the internet or use their BlackBerry on the go. It’s like a Starbucks ho...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

Rick Grossman, who owns Learning Express stores in Hillsborough and Branchburg, looks for new toys at the Toy Fair in New York City. Over 16,000 toy buyers spent four days wandering the Javits Center looking at the aisle after aisle of new toys. (Video by John O’Boyle/The Star-Ledger)

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

Locally grown produce can be good for chefs and restaurants and produce from the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange is used at the restuarants The Manor and Highlawn Pavilion, also in West Orange, where Mitchell Altholz is executive chef. The chef likes that a lot of his produce can be picked r...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

The Brewer’s Apprentice in Freehold is a brew on premise, allowing customers to create their own beer, wine and mead. For an average of about $200 (depending on ingredients), you’ll get to try out one of the brewery’s over 200 recipes or create one of your own. The minimum purchase wil...

From: NJ.com on Tue, Mar 08 2011 8:33 PM

When sales started dropping off two years ago, the Ambrosi family in Rockaway came up with a creative way of marketing their knife sharpening business, Master Grinding. They began advertising a "knife spa" — a haven where knives go to be pampered. Business has exploded and customers are no...