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HEADNOTE They Ve young, educated, and tech-savvy. Here's how to get them to pay attention to you Empowered, disappointed, savvy, optimistic, unemployed - for anyone trying to decipher Generation Y (also known as...

THE DAYS WHEN WORKERS COULD COUNT ON a comfortable retirement after a lifetime of company devotion are a distant memory for most. Public pension funds across the country teeter on the edge of...

HEADNOTE Know yourself and the job you want and be able to say how they fit together. You maybe unemployed or consider yourself underemployed. After all, a better position with a better organization,...

* Mark Gross, president, CEO, and co-founder of Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), Inc., likes a good challenge. For the past 3 decades, he has kept DCL on the cutting edge of technology, offering...

HEADNOTE In search of higher yield, and the use of less and less water, new technology breakthroughs are beginning to emerge Dr Salali El Siddique Awadel Karim has a background in chemical engineering...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

HEADNOTE The future of business is pure chaos. Here's how you can survive- and perhaps even thrive. DJ Patii pulls a 2-foot-long metal bar from his backpack. The contraption, which he calls a...

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines "altruism" as "the unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others." While this certainly describes people who volunteer, there are many other reasons why people volunteer. Meeting...

HEADNOTE Lessons from the new world of quicksilver work, where "career planning" is an oxymoron Adam Hasler looks like a footloose millennial. He's worked as a model, waited tables, and lived all over...

HEADNOTE The seventh annual Community Bankers Symposium, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held...

Byline: Bob Quick The latest from Santa Fe Olive Oil is that the business is celebrating its one-and-one-half year occupancy of its downtown location, 116 Don Gaspar Ave. The business offers what a...

HEADNOTE New terminals opening despite soaring fuel costs, lack of subsidies Paul Goodman discusses the history of Hoboken's ferry terminal in a video at NJBIZ.com. GG MAY HAVE been decades in the making,...

LOS ANGELES - A new economic forecast calls for the U.S. economy to make some modest growth strides this year, but not quite enough to significantly reduce the number of jooless Americans looking...

HEADNOTE BioNJ honoring exec who says home state is welcoming to industry A FEW MONTHS after leaving his home state of New Jersey to become CEO of a small Texas biotech firm, Paul...

The new year brings a few new laws for employers, including law firms, though the changes are relatively minor compared to past years, according to Christie Totten, an employment law attorney with Davis...

Mattress World's recent closure, due in part to owner Sherri Hines owing nearly $2 million in uncollected Washington sales tax, is a wake-up call for other Oregon companies with similar business dealings to...

NEWS The government is set to re-write controversial plans for the so-called "greening" of the Common Agricultural Policy to make them fairer for UK farmers. DEFRA secretary Caroline Spelman said European Commission proposals...

Fueled in part by an increase in age and disability discrimination claims, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received a record-high 99,947 charges of employment discrimination in fiscal 2011, the agency announced this week....

Bankruptcy filings declined in the New Orleans area in 2011, and there are a variety of theories as to why. Tight credit in the business world and consumers still reeling from the downturn...