Edison, Hazlet HR firms partner; solar company buys stake in roofing; new CEO for pharma firm.

New Jersey’s public colleges and universities hope to place a referendum before voters at the 2012 general election for a bond issue to finance new facilities and renovations — the first higher education bond issue since 1988.

Fewer doctor visits, an increase in generic drugs and a decrease in initiating chronic therapy all contributed to a slower rate of growth in spending on medicine in the United States in 2010, according to IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, in Parsippany.

A new federal initiative designed to avert millions of preventable hospital injuries and complications will be launched Wednesday at Hackensack University Medical Center.

The Parsippany Commerce Center, on Route 10 in the township, announced it secured three new leases and extended two existing leases to secure 100 percent occupancy.

One Call Medial makes acquisition; new leadership at Nautilus Solar; hospitals team up.

DAVID M. COTE, HONEYWELL CHAIRMAN AND CEO

It will be "weeks, not months" before the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is expected to finish work on the state's energy master plan, agency President Lee Solomon told a gathering of industry stakeholders Thursday.

The proposal to privatize New Jersey Turnpike toll collections was at the center of a heated Assembly committee meeting Thursday.

A federal stakeholder is siding with New Jersey retailers in an ongoing battle over a law turning unused balances of gift cards over to state government.

A Central Jersey biotech got a visit from a congressman Thursday to show how federal funding is helping the company develop critical vaccine technology.

St. Michael’s Medical Center’s chief financial officer, John S. Grywalski Jr., will retire in mid-July from the Newark hospital, which is running a deficit and laid off 150 staffers in March, yet said it remains on track with its $25 million emergency room expansion and a $250 million...