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Methanex Announces New $550 Million Methanol Plant Project In Louisiana

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: April 25, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Daily News, Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green), Featured Post, Foreign Direct Investment, Louisiana, Online Features, U.S. - Southeast, Workforce Training/Skilled Workforce | comment : 0

Two relocated Chilean plants will result in more than 1,300 new direct and indirect jobs. ...

Deepwater Horizon: Three Years Later

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: April 12, 2013 In: Alabama, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Featured Post, Florida, Food Processing, Georgia, Logistics And Distribution, Louisiana, Mississippi, Online Features, Quality Of Life, Research And Development, Texas, The Editor's Blog, Transportation Infrastructure | comment : 0

Legal settlements from the massive BP oil spill, which could total $42 billion, will generate a gusher of economic development funds for the Gulf Coast. ...

IBM Announces Creation Of 800-Job Technology Center In Downtown Baton Rouge

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: April 09, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Back Office, IT, And Call Centers, Daily News, Featured Post, Louisiana, Online Features, U.S. - Southeast | comment : 0

"IBM Services Center: Baton Rouge" represents Louisiana's largest software development project to date; with State support, LSU will dramatically expand its computer science program; innovative public-private partnership will result in new riverfront development with office and residential components ...

Katoen Natie USA Announces $150 Million Baton Rouge Area Facility

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: March 22, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Daily News, Featured Post, Logistics And Distribution, Logistics And Distribution, Louisiana, Online Features, U.S. - Southeast | comment : 0

Company will develop two million-square-foot complex, resulting in 210 new direct jobs and 516 new indirect jobs. ...

Marching In to New Orleans

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: March 15, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Executive Analysis, Featured Post, Louisiana, Online Features, Quality Of Life, The Editor's Blog, U.S. - Southeast | comment : 0

The Crescent City, which lost more than half of its population in the wake of Katrina, is surging back to pre-storm levels. ...

Lockheed Martin Announces Liquefied Natural Gas Project Creating 166 New Direct Jobs In New Orleans

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: March 15, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Daily News, Featured Post, Logistics And Distribution, Louisiana, Online Features, U.S. - Southeast | comment : 0

Project at Michoud Assembly Facility will result in 236 new indirect jobs, for a total of more than 400 new jobs. ...

South Louisiana Methanol Announces $1.3 Billion Investment

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: March 01, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Daily News, Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green), Featured Post, Louisiana, Online Features, U.S. - Southeast | comment : 0

New methanol facility in St. James Parish will result in over 430 new direct and indirect jobs. ...

FIRST WORD: Making The Call

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: February 23, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Location, Featured Post, First Word, Georgia, Louisiana, Magazine, Magazine Highlights, Texas, U.S. - Southeast, U.S. - Southwest | comment : 0

As always, we congratulate the winners in our 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year competition. From the January/February 2013 issue ...

Elio Motors Announces Vehicle Manufacturing Facility In Shreveport, LA

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: February 15, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Automotive, Daily News, Featured Post, Incentives, Louisiana, Online Features, U.S. - Southeast | comment : 0

The company plans to produce three-wheeled vehicles capable of attaining a highway mileage rating of more than 80 mpg at the former GM plant in Caddo Parish. ...

COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

Posted by: BF Staff Posted date: February 14, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Alabama, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Back Office, IT, And Call Centers, Biotech And Pharma, Cover Story, Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green), Featured Post, Georgia, Incentives, Louisiana, Magazine, Magazine Highlights, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. - Rocky Mountains, U.S. - Southeast, U.S. - Southwest, Utah | comment : 0

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. ...