The state has approved a request by St. Peter's College to become a university, allowing the Jersey City institution to continue expansion and raise its profile in the higher education market, college officials said today.

Driven by a series of small and midsized transactions, first-quarter leasing velocity in the northern and central New Jersey office market reached its highest mark in five quarters, according to a new report by Colliers International.

Panasonic Corp.'s North American operations will immediately grow its business-to-business technology solutions arm, Panasonic System Communications Co. of North America, by increasing its work force by 25 percent, including approximately 90 marketing, sales, product and business development, and engineering jobs...

Sitting at his desk in the Rutgers University Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, associate athletics director for compliance Nick Ojea can feel the tension in the New Orleans air for the Final Four matchup between his alma mater, Louisville University, and in-state rival University of Kentucky. Read More »

Energy-efficiency agreement, diagnostic development partnership, online insurance solutions.

While research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York presents a positive outlook for the nation's unemployment rate in 2013, experts in New Jersey said unemployment in the Garden State will stay above federal levels well past that date.

With what will be New Brunswick's newest supermarket as a backdrop, state officials and business leaders today announced an expanded program to spur and finance the development of grocery stores in New Jersey's most underserved regions.

With oral arguments complete, New Jersey business leaders are now playing wait-and-speculate as the Supreme Court justices prepare to deliberate on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.

Giordano Halleran & Ciesla P.C. shareholder Sharlene Hunt breathed a small sigh of relief when Ohio State University advanced to the Final Four.

New Jersey's made a name for itself as a solar energy hub, and possibly soon an offshore wind hub, but a group of experts in business, academic and government will gather Friday to address a wider issue — how the state can capture more of the economic value of the green energy boom.

Risk management launch, pharma acquisition, sewer expansion loan.

A lack of third-party consultants and a scarcity of state funding could put the brakes on municipal consolidation efforts, a panel of experts from the Princetons, Merchantville and Cherry Hill said today at an event sponsored by Courage to Connect New Jersey, a nonprofit that educates residents about consolidation. Read More »