The New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program Inc. (NJMEP) announced Wednesday the launch of its no-cost Experience Manufacturing Program, which will assist in connecting hiring manufacturing companies with young adult job seekers in New Jersey.

R.J. Brunelli & Co., an Old Bridge-based retail brokerage, announced it has been retained by Aamco to serve as the company’s exclusive national real estate representative.

Bright Star, a not-for-profit founded by Secaucus resident Dorothy Nicholson in 2008, is nearing completion of a project with the City of Englewood to provide e-Permitting and e-Code Enforcement solutions this May.

The retail vacancy rate in north and central New Jersey dipped below 7 percent at year-end 2013 for the first time in 5 years, according to the Goldstein Group’s latest survey of more than 100 million square feet of retail space.

Unemployment grew slightly and a total of 1,300 private- and public-sector jobs were lost last month, according to new figures released Thursday by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

New Jersey has more than 22,000 physicians who provide patient care, and they support 234,906 jobs and generate $1.7 billion in economic activity, according to new report Wednesday from the Medical Society of New Jersey and the American Medical Association.

The Technology & Entrepreneurship Talent Network will host a series of events next week to discuss and promote the technology sector in New Jersey.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton announced Wednesday it has received certification from The Joint Commission for hip and knee replacement and spine surgery, making it one of five New Jersey hospitals to be certified in all three areas by the national hospital accreditation group.

According to a new website sponsored by the national AFL-CIO, the average New Jersey-based corporate executive commands a pay of $5.65 million per year, outpacing the average in-state employee's salary of $46,825 by 121 times.

The sixth-edition of the American Legislative Exchange Council's Rich States, Poor States report is out—and it doesn't paint a pretty picture of New Jersey.

Peter Gallagher, Madison resident and chief executive officer of the mobile health technology company LINX Impact, is seeking $5,000 in crowdsourced funding on Kiva Zip for the further development of an app against distracted driving—Rider Revenge.

Cushman & Wakefield Inc. announced Tuesday that John Elkann, the head of its majority owner, has been appointed chairman of the global real estate services firm.