Rotana to Build Six New Properties in 2011

The Abu Dhabi-based hotel chain will create more than 1,000 jobs for the UAE. [...]

Automaker Expands in Alabama

Hyundai will invest $173 million to expand and upgrade its Montgomery manufacturing plant. [...]

GE Plans Locomotive Plant in Ft. Worth, TX

GE Transportation will invest $96 million in a 900,000-square-foot facility, creating 500 jobs. [...]

Gov. Deal Cuts Ribbon on Georgia Biomass

The $175-million wood pellet production facility, the world’s largest, will produce 750,000 metric tons of wood coal annually for export to European power plants. [...]

Colossus of Roads, Pt. 2

 

It’s almost hard to fathom now, but back in the bitter winter of 2008-2009 we were all hunkered down and wondering when the next titanic economic shoe would drop and what it would break.

The largest banks in the country were gathered [...]

General Motors to Upgrade 17 U.S. Plants

The auto giant will spend $2 billion to refurbish facilities in eight states, creating or saving more than 4,000 jobs. [...]

Mississippi River Surges into Memphis

The swollen river has crested 14 feet above flood stage, just a few inches below the record set in 1937, prompting federal officials to declare a disaster in Shelby County. [...]

Amazon Expands Distribution Hub in AZ

The Internet retail giant will add 400,000 square feet to its Phoenix facility, creating hundreds of new jobs. [...]

Skjodt-Barrett Foods Puts HQ in Indiana

The Canadian food manufacturer will set up shop in Lebanon, IN, creating up to 300 new jobs by 2013. [...]

Nation Pauses to Remember Victims of 9/11

President Obama came to New York City today to lay a wreath at the World Trade Center site in memory of those who perished in the September 11 attacks. [...]