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“Here’s the deal: It really doesn’t matter how much you pour into these places. If you can’t retain young people, it’s over.” — Charles Fluharty, president of the Rural Policy Research Institute at the University of Iowa, in New Republic, March 2017 Companies keep repeating the lament: Qualified, skilled workers are hard to find. Rural […]

This Year’s Top Utilities Back Rich Data With Even Richer Levels of Service and Assistance.

Ontario once again earns Site Selection’s nod as the most competitive province in Canada.

When it comes to a growth economy, the name of the game these days is IT, ICT or the IoT— even in an industrial plant in the countryside.

From giant TVs to ever-larger smartphones, the world craves screen time — and that requires more and bigger screens.

Record installations at record low prices was the thrust of REN21’s Renewables 2017 Global Status Report, published in early June.

An exclusive interview with the Indian corporation's president and deputy COO sheds light on the company's two location choices so far, and the factors driving more locations to come.

All those data plans the world is using require some physical plans for processing and storing that data.

When it comes to food, regional affiliation is important for reasons that go well beyond branding.

New research explains where job markets in this sector are gaining altitude in manufacturing, air transportation and support activities.

Advancing perceptions may be the hardest part of advanced manufacturing.

Experts in economic development say the secret for attracting and retaining high-value companies is an abundant, specially trained and motivated workforce.

University research parks deserve more credit for their economic and market impacts.

The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2017 reveals how successful tech innovation is being led by young entrepreneurs all over the world.

According to a recent survey of CEOs and CTOs of innovation companies, less than a fifth of these companies say they are ahead of the curve .

A new and improved index highlights the leading countries, states and metro areas in sustainability.

"With AIT Bioscience, there are no surprises."

Today, the bilateral relations between our two countries are stronger than ever.

Better Vines. Better Wines. Better World. So reads the description of the biodynamic farming methods in place at Southbrook Vineyard

After two consecutive years of weak projections, retail CFOs forecast 4.9 percent sales growth for 2017, according to BDO’s 11th annual Retail Compass Survey of CFOs.

Boston's still the best and LA's leap is laudable in the newest ACEEE ranking of energy-efficient US cities.

A clean power procurement index finds Iowa and Illinois lead the nation.

A spirit of repurposing and renovation is fortifying carmakers’ sense of purpose and innovation, bringing billions of dollars into play across North America.

As global pharmaceutical firms continue to see healthcare demand, price control policies and drug development costs rise, they need the right locations and the most effective networks more than ever before.