TRENTON - Gov. Corzine, ignoring harsh criticism and dire warnings from the state's business community, yesterday made New Jersey the third state in the nation to adopt a paid-family-leave law.

Calling small business the backbone of the nation's economy, President George W. Bush stressed his administration's efforts to foster "an environment in which the entrepreneurial spirit can thrive" in his proclamation that this week is National Small

NEW YORK----The American Lawyer magazine reported today that two law firms, Skadden, Arps and Latham & Watkins, broke the industry's $2 billion gross revenue barrier for the first time.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityayev) - World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick arrived in Moscow on June 16 to discuss urgent problems in the global economy, including the financial and food crises and aid to the poorest countries, wit

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Business investment in the U.K. fell in the first quarter of 2008, data showed Thursday, as the economy continued to be buffetted by credit tightening and rising inflation.