Wills, trusts and health care proxies are valuable even for average incomes.

MD-X Solutions, Inc. in Mahwah has agreed to be bought by Atlanta-based MedAssets.

PRG Group Inc. has submitted a letter of intent to acquire Locatum, a private public-safety start up in Lyndhurst, the company said late afternoon Wednesday.

Pharmacopeia (Nasdaq: PCOP), a developer of novel therapeutics in Princeton, will receive a $5 million payment from global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) for achieving a discovery milestone in a collaboration agreement reached between the two companies in March 2006.

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Auto insurer AIG Centennial Group was No. 1 in New Jersey for the highest number of consumer complaints for the second straight year.

Covanta Holding Corp. agrees to buy a biomass-energy fuel-management business and two biomass-energy facilities in California for $51 million.

The business will be integrated into CheckFree’s Investment Services Division, which provides the market-leading platform for the managed accounts industry.

As part of the deal, The Children's Place says it will upgrade about 165 Disney Stores, including the flagship store in Chicago.

For lenders, participating in events is an important part of building a constitutency for financial services.

Faith-based organizations are increasingly supplementing the role that government traditionally plays in job training and other activities.

Borrowers seeking flexibility may try nonbank sources.