Executive Analysis Archives - Business Facilities

They’re Coming to Take Us Away

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: May 15, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Automotive, Brazil, Canada, China, Featured Post, India, Japan, Online Features, The Editor's Blog, U.S. - Far West, U.S. - Great Lakes, U.S. - Mid Atlantic, U.S. - New England, U.S. - Plains, U.S. - Rocky Mountains, U.S. - Southeast, U.S. - Southwest | comment : 0

A new survey says 60 percent of Americans would welcome driverless cars on U.S. roads. ...

Rising Export Volumes Spur Inland Port Development Across the U.S.

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: May 13, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, China, Contributed Columns, Executive Analysis, Featured Post, Florida, International, Logistics And Distribution, Online Features, Ports And Free Trade Zones | comment : 0

According to a report from Jones Lang LasSalle, rising export volumes will spur inland port development across the U.S. and will play an essential role in the country's import/export cycle. ...

April Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: May 06, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Topic, Contributed Columns, Executive Analysis, Featured Post, Online Features | comment : 0

This report's information reflects the entire United States for the month of April 2013. ...

Fukushima: The Disaster That Won’t Go Away

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: May 03, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green), Featured Post, International, Japan, Online Features, Other, Quality Of Life, Renewable Energy, The Editor's Blog, Utilities | comment : 0

Two years after the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex in Japan, the long-term impact of the catastrophe continues to grow. ...

U.S. Ranks First In KPMG Green Tax Index

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: April 29, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Topic, Contributed Columns, Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green), Executive Analysis, Featured Post, Incentives, Online Features, Renewable Energy, Wind Power | comment : 0

U.S. tops countries using tax code to shape sustainable corporate activity. ...

Governors March Into BIO

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: April 26, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Biotech And Pharma, China, Featured Post, International, Online Features, Pennsylvania, Research And Development, The Editor's Blog, U.S. - Mid Atlantic | comment : 0

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett wins top honors as BIO's 2013 Governor of the Year. ...

Not So Wild A Dream

Posted by: BF Staff Posted date: April 22, 2013 In: Alabama, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, China, Contributed Columns, Executive Analysis, Featured Post, Incentives, Logistics And Distribution, Online Features, Transportation Infrastructure, U.S. - Southeast | comment : 0

If you look at a map, you will notice there is no interstate highway connecting Memphis to Birmingham, two major industrial cities of the Southeast. That lack of good road certainly did not help the growth prospects in Northwest Alabama, which historically based its economy on natural resources—coal and pulpwood—and smaller cottage industries. ...

Jump Ball in Sacramento

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: April 18, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, California, Executive Analysis, Featured Post, India, Online Features, Quality Of Life, The Editor's Blog, U.S. - Far West, Washington | comment : 0

The Sacramento Kings had a lousy season, but two cities and a bevy of ultra-rich bidders--including someone promising a billion new fans--are vying to build a new arena for them. ...

Motor Vehicle Parts Suppliers Are Nation’s Largest Employer of Manufacturing Jobs

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: April 15, 2013 In: Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Topic, Automotive, Contributed Columns, Executive Analysis, Featured Post, Online Features, Workforce Training/Skilled Workforce | comment : 0

Industry employs more than 734,000 workers and generates nearly $355 billion to economy, study finds. ...

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. ...