The U.S. Small Business Administration announced it is closing half a dozen disaster centers in New Jersey this week due to a steady decrease in activity six months after Hurricane Sandy made landfall.

Business leaders and state officials say New Jersey has no shortage of bold startup companies or skilled workers looking for a chance to help. But sometimes the two groups need a little push to find one another.

In this recovering economy, mid-market companies are trying to grow revenue, boost productivity and stay competitive. While the executives at the helm remain optimistic about the future, they believe government is hindering their economic growth, according to Deloitte’s report, “Mid-market Perspectives: 2013 Report on America’s...

With the start of the summer tourist season just a month away, Gov. Chris Christie is heading to the Shore to hold a roundtable with local business owners that will likely focus on Hurricane Sandy.

While his handling of the economy cost Chris Christie a few points in the latest Rutgers-Eagleton poll, that's not true of business owners, which have largely approved of the governor's leadership on issues critical to how they run their companies.

Hurricane Sandy cost the state's electric utilities hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency repair and restoration efforts, but as utilities seek to recover those costs — and ponder large-scale infrastructure upgrades — the largest energy users are raising red flags about the potential for runaway spending, as power providers seek...