Gov. Chris Christie signed a law Tuesday intending to expand the scope of small businesses owned by women and minorities by providing loans through the Economic Development Authority (EDA). Under this law, direct EDA loans will be available to women- and minority- owned businesses in “regional centers” around urban centers designated...

Merodie Hancock, current president of SUNY Empire State College in New York, was elected as the fourth president for Thomas Edison State University by the institution's board of trustees, the university announced Wednesday.

Shore-based restaurant Bubbakoo’s Burritos is expanding its inland influence, serving up tacos and quesadillas at a new location on Route 22 in Somerville.

Dr. Kyung Hee Choi, vice president for Asian health services at Holy Name Medical Center, has been chosen to be a part of Gov.-elect Phil Murphy’s transition team.

Passion, perseverance and, yes, a little bit of fear, are what's fueling the white-hot women entrepreneur startup trend in New Jersey, according to many participants and attendees of pf the recent Montclair State University's Women Entrepreneurship Week event.

Entrepreneurship in the C-Suite was a topic of the day at Montclair University's Women in Entrepreneurship Week, one of many state-wide celebrations of female business leadership held the third week of October.

When Hamilton resident Jennifer Paulino decided to redo her kitchen this summer, she was focused on appliances, cabinets, and flooring. On a budget, she was looking for function over fashion, but kept her eyes open for ways to personalize the space.

Having long been employed as a union actress and career musician, Jennifer Lampert said she was qualified more in “chutzpah” than anything else for her current role.

I heard it on the radio as breaking news – Britney Spears decided to write a will to put her $200 million estate into trusts for her children. The DJ followed up with “what a great idea!” As an estate planning attorney, my head exploded.

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of New Jersey has appointed Jocelyn Chisholm Carter as its CEO, it announced recently.

Seven New Jersey companies landed on Working Mother magazine’s 2017 Top 100 list of Best Companies for working moms and four of the seven — Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick; Prudential Financial in Newark; Unilever in Englewood Cliffs; and Zoetis in Parsippany — made the Top 10 list.

New Jersey's chapter of The National Federation of Independent Business, an organization focused on small business, has weighed in on the state senate election in the 14th district.