Jessica Armstrong

Start your own business and be your own boss. It’s what we paradoxically both desire and fear, with good reason. Forgoing a steady paycheck...

Just off South College Street — Auburn’s main drag — past the chain restaurants, retail outlets and hotels is Auburn Research Park, a cluster...

Any new venture requires risk and gumption — but consider one that seeks to tackle piracy on the high seas. Now that’s taking “risky...

Breathe deep. What former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke calls “the worst financial crisis in modern history” seems squarely behind us. Though we’ve yet...

Remember when the Exxon Valdez supertanker struck a reef in 1989 and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound?...

Just like us regular folks who relocate for a variety of reasons — jobs, weather, retirement or simply a fresh start — companies, too,...

In an effort to boost economic growth and create jobs, the Cuomo administration in 2012 launched “New York State Open for Business, ” a...

Chicken and Southern business empires seem practically synonymous.  In the 1930s, Colonel Sanders began selling fried chicken from a roadside restaurant in Corbin, Ky....

Job hopping is no longer career suicide in today’s business world. In fact, labor mobility is considered an indicator of a strengthening economy and...

It’s hard to predict what’s going to happen next as the economy continues its snail’s pace recovery. But one thing is certain — industries...