Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Larry Parman, Oklahoma Secretary Of Commerce
Business is booming in Oklahoma, and the state's secretary of commerce explains how and why things are only going to get better.
TeleTech Opening New Facility In McAllen, TX
The center will officially open its doors in the first quarter of 2015, and will soon be hiring for a variety of jobs.
Perficient Announces 245-Job Software Development Center In Lafayette, LA
New tech center will result in nearly 500 jobs in Acadiana.
Milwaukee, WI Selected As Global Hub For New Energy Innovation Center
M-WERC envisions the center as a resource for both entrepreneurs—independent individuals with ideas they want to transform into successful businesses—and "intrapreneurs"—individuals employed by companies who have an idea that they want to turn into a profitable product or service offering.
Business Facilities’ 10th Annual Rankings Report: Tennessee Races To The Top In Education; Alabama...
In a new category, Tennessee emerged as the top-ranked state for education and Alabama came out as number 1 for automotive manufacturing strength in Business Facilities' 10th Annual Rankings Report.
Cover Story: Global Biotech Report
A resurgent bioscience sector pulls Europe into recovery, while U.S. biotech leaders train the next generation of an essential skilled workforce.
Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute
The $320-million digital lab is one of four innovation hubs in the Obama administration’s program to spur advanced manufacturing.
Business Report: Oilfield Supplier Tejas Tubular Sets New Plant in Norfolk, NE
A new 350,000-square-foot steel products manufacturing facility will create more than 200 new jobs.
All the Way Back
The United States finally has recovered all of the jobs we lost in the Great Recession.
U.S. Commerce Department Designates South Kansas A Manufacturing Community
The program is designed to accelerate the resurgence of manufacturing nationwide by supporting long-term economic development strategies that help communities attract and expand private investment in the manufacturing sector and increase international trade and exports.
CGI Announces 400 Job Tech Center In Lafayette, LA
Company will deliver technology solutions as an anchor tenant of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Research Park; state-supported higher education initiative will expand computer science programs at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Location Focus: New York – The Empire State Leverages Its Strengths
New York is leveraging its world-class higher education system with an aggressive incentives program geared to business startups.
Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Lesley Whatley, Director, START-UP NY
START-UP NY officially launched on January 1, 2014 and has already received significant interest from the business community. Find out how this new program is taking off.
BUSINESS REPORT: Stafford County – Where Connectivity And Opportunity Intersect
Home to the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Stafford County, VA is known as a destination for Defense and technology companies. Its location and business climate offer much more.
STATE FOCUS: Business And Life Are Elevated In The Beehive State
Like the mighty Rocky Mountains looming over everything, Utah’s business environment and quality of life are reaching for the sky.
BUSINESS REPORT: Joplin Area Rises From The Rubble And Reaches For New Heights
Since the 2011 tornado, Joplin has restored nearly all of the facilities, jobs and schools that were impacted by the storm, in a cooperative effort hailed as a model for future disaster recovery.
BUSINESS REPORT: New California Incentives Offer Credits For Job Creation
The Golden State has replaced its Enterprise Zone program with what it calls a “more modern” set of tools, including a bevy of new tax credits.
Pennsylvania Secures $1.2 Billion Comcast Innovation and Technology Center In Philadelphia
World-class complex will create more than 20,000 direct and indirect jobs during construction; will be the one of the tallest buildings on the East Coast.
UPDATE: Seven New Locations Added To President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative
Seven additional Promise Zones—St. Louis, MO; Gary, IN; Flint, MI; Brownsville, TX; Rockford, IL; Macon, GA; and Rocky Mount, NC—have been announced.
President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative
The five Promise Zones—San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma—are part of the 20 that will be announced over the next three years.