Gov. Christie travels to Chicago in effort to lure businesses to N.J.
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February 4 , 2011 , Written by MICHAEL L. DIAMOND
NEWARK — New Jersey needs to invest in higher education and hold the line on taxes to help the state return to the days when its economy was on the cutting edge, business leaders told Gov. Chris Christie at a conference on Thursday.
Christie won adulation from the executives for using his first year in office to cut taxes on high-income residents and corporations and for grabbing national attention with his bully pulpit.
But executives said they are concerned about finding and keeping the talent they need to stay competitive with the rest of the world. “The tone is starting to change, but at the same time there’s a lot of work we have to do to move ahead,” Dennis Bone, president of Verizon New Jersey, said.
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