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The Record, Bergen County, NJ, April 28, 2007

Op-Ed; Column

Getting Ahead

DEALS Panasonic Corp. of North America in Secaucus and New York-based Camp Broadway, an experiential education company, said they have joined forces to test a multimedia program to give educators nationwide access to theater-arts-based content. The StageNotes LIVE Learning Series program is designed to enable educators to teach core curriculum in social studies, language arts, behavioral studies, life skills and the arts.

Cousins Want Men's Clothes to Rock ; Boutique Sells Trendy Brands

John O'Keefe, 30, and Nelson Ramos, 28, are cousins with rock- star dreams. The Bronx natives don't want to be rock stars; they want to help North Jersey guys dress like them. They've opened a men's clothing boutique, Closet 07631, in Englewood. They describe their clothes as "rock-inspired, with a hip- hop crossover."

Under Construction

What it is: 10 town houses in two buildings and a new road between them. Where it is: 6 Central Ave., Rochelle Park

Housing Slump Contributes to Drop in Ingersoll Profits

Ingersoll-Rand Co., maker of Bobcat machinery and Thermo-King refrigerated trucks that is run from Montvale, said first-quarter profit fell 14 percent on slower sales of equipment used in housing construction. Net income dropped to $217.5 million, or 70 cents a share, from $253.2 million, or 76 cents, a year earlier. Profit beat analysts' estimates. Sales rose 5.7 percent to $2.67 billion, the company said Friday in an e-mailed statement.

Fda Says No to Replacement for Vioxx

TRENTON The Food and Drug Administration rejected Merck & Co.'s request to market a successor to its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx in the United States, the drug maker said Friday. The decision was widely expected, after a panel of FDA advisers two weeks ago voted 20-1 against approving the drug, Arcoxia.

Weak Gdp Stirs Recession Fears

WASHINGTON The worst economic growth in four years is raising concern that troubles in the U.S. housing market will spread and throw the country into a recession before the year is out. The economy practically crawled at a 1.3 percent pace in the opening quarter of 2007, the Commerce Department reported Friday. That was even weaker than the sluggish 2.5 percent rate in the closing quarter of last year.