New $10-million technology center to open in Vermillion, SD; scholarships and career track at University of South Dakota will train workforce. ...

Fourth Innovation Center completes GM's geographic plan for hiring best and brightest from the IT sector. ...

The Kansas Department of Commerce has announced that Assured Vehicle Protection Inc., which organizes and manages dealer-owned reinsurance companies, will relocate to Overland Park. ...

The goal of the collaboration is to help government harness Big Data to serve residents more efficiently and save taxpayer dollars. ...

The nanotech circuits on today’s microchips can’t be seen with the human eye, but they support a $150-billion industry that employs nearly 250,000 people across the U.S. From the January/February 2013 issue ...

The "We are Made in NY" campaign comes at a time when New York City's tech sector has increased significantly in recent years. Between 2007 and 2011, the number of employees at digital media companies grew by 80%. Since 2007, 486 digital startups have received funding. ...

Baxter International's decision to make a $1.3-billion investment in an expansion of its bio/pharmaceutical manufacturing promises to propel the Peach State into the front ranks of national biotech powerhouses. From the January/February 2013 issue. ...

"CommVault has said it will eventually add 2,000 employees at the new site in addition to its current 500 in its current headquarters in Oceanport. The company is bound by an agreement with FMERA to generate up to 225 of those jobs within three years of moving in. If it doesn't, it will face penalties of $3,000 per job not created," writes Christopher Sheldon of the Long Branch Patch. ...

Four projects were cited for Honorable Mentions in Business Facilities' 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year competition. ...

Apple Operations Center in Austin, TX is BF's 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Bronze award winner. ...