economy

Profits are up, the financial markets keep shooting higher, and workers continue work longer hours, but wages are basically holding steady, according to a new study.

U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than first thought. The gains trimmed the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.

Another weak jobs report is expected today, which could fuel concerns that the economy is slumping for yet another spring.

Thousands of students are graduating from colleges across New Jersey this month, but a new survey shows they could struggle significantly in landing a job that connects to their major or career choice.

Low-cut tops, belly shirts, and ripped jeans will soon be a thing of the past in one Ocean County school district.

If your children are going to prom this year, it's going to cost more.

It's a growing problem in the Garden State, many college kids are forced to take out big student loans, and by the time they graduate they're saddled with significant debt, so they frequently have to take whatever job they can find - that's out of their field of interest - in order to start paying back those loans.

A new survey finds workers, in New Jersey and across the country, are feeling more secure about their jobs.

If you have noticed an increase in traffic jams, you can pin some of it on the improving economy.

Gov. Chris Christie is vowing to to push his plan for a new middle-class tax cut.