New Jersey’s revamped incentive programs have been put to work for the second time this month, this time for key residential projects in Newark and Camden and a new Dietz & Watson distribution center in Burlington County.

The Year in Review - Implications for Small Businesses: Two important economic indicators released late in 2013—employment and interest rates—give us some optimism about small business and economic growth trends. Both of these indicators are key to consumer spending, which drives two-thirds of our nation’s economic activity.

There is a battle brewing over raising the minimum wage in New Jersey. Voters will decide Nov. 5 whether to approve a constitutional amendment to hike the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.25 and install automatic yearly increases based on the Consumer Price Index.

The Chief Counsel for the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy will visit with small business owners in Camden Thursday.

At the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, Governor Chris Christie signed the Economic Opportunity Act of 2013 to boost New Jersey's economy and create private sector jobs. The Governor previously conditionally vetoed the legislation and last week both houses concurred with his changes.

Employers who don't provide health insurance will be spared penalties of up to $3,000 per worker until 2015, a one-year delay of a major component of President Barack Obama's health care reform law, the Treasury Department announced Tuesday.

From a startup visa to mandatory "e-verify," the immigration reform plan expected from Senate leaders addresses a number of matters critical to business owners.

The existing class of startup investors is predominantly white and male. New startup-funding legislation has the potential to change that. If more women and people of color are brought into the investing community, then, in turn, the hope is that more women and minority business owners will receive funding.

A majority of business owners don't grasp the basics of the law, a new survey suggests.