Has Springsteen bounced back from Wal-Mart deal?

Money & Business writer Matt Bandyk talks about Bruce Springsteen's recent Super Bowl appearance. But, more importantly, he goes on about the whole Wal-Mart issue and the opinion that the company is not a friend to the working man. Consequently, Springsteen may have made a mistake in signing an exclusive deal with the chain.

This is pretty much a ridiculous argument. Wal-Mart is just another chain, perhaps more popular than most. Springsteen is a popular NJ musician...and he has a new album out. Wal-Mart is one of the few chains actually doing well today.

Springsteen is reported to have regretted the Wal-Mart deal, but the whole thing seems like a lot of nonsense. For more, go to http://www.usnews.com/blogs/risky-business/2009/02/02/bruce-springsteen-bounces-back-from-wal-mart-mistake-by-rocking-super-bowl.html.

N.J. Hall of Fame welcomes new inductees

The New Jersey Hall of Fame Board of Commissioners is holding an induction ceremony at the NJ Performing Arts Center, One Center Street, in Newark, on Sunday, May 4 to inaugurate the following New Jerseyans into the hall: Buzz Aldrin, Clarta Barton, Yogi Berra, Bill Bradley, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Malcolm Forbes, Robert Wood Johnson II, Vince Lombardi, Toni Morrison, Norman Schwarzkopf, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Meryl Streep and Harriet Tubman.

Entertainment will be provided by the Hall of Fame Band La Bamba and the Hub Caps. The event will begin with red carpet arrivals from 4:30-5:30 p.m. The official ceremony will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

For more information, call (800) 670-7959 or click on the headline and go to the Web site.