Jacobson, Goldfarb & Scott Inc., which provides business and personal insurance, was established in 1919 as a privately-owned independent agency and real estate firm by Isadore “Izzy” Jacobson and Morris Goldfarb from Perth Amboy.

“Tomorrow’s going to be about bringing together the entrepreneurial and innovation community. It’s about making sure people have access to investors, business partners, talent,” Aaron Price said in a phone interview with NJBIZ.

With the newly acquired branches, First Bank now has a total of six branches in Mercer County and 18 branches total, located in seven New Jersey counties and two eastern Pennsylvania counties.

The U.S. Labor Department updates its salaried worker overtime rules for the first time in 15 years.

New data released Thursday from the U.S. Census Bureau finds that New Jersey’s poverty rate is 3.6 percentage points lower than the U.S. poverty rate (13.1 percent), and is the fifth-lowest poverty rate in the country. Residents across the state still face barriers that prevent them from thriving, such as a lack of access to ...

Vincent Micco comes to the financial institution following 15 years at Kearny Bank where he served as director of commercial lending.

The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act, which would provide bank access to legal cannabis businesses, marks the United States House of Representatives' first-ever stand-alone vote on a cannabis bill.

Few respondents to the online survey chose onerous environmental regulations as the greatest challenge to business expansion in the state.

The seven communities total more than 1,800 residential units.