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June 3, 2014

Get in Line

Can any place on earth match the US head start with LNG? As permit delays continue, plenty are trying.

June 3, 2014

Highlight Reel

Toyota moves from three HQs to one, FDI continues to flow, and Mexico continues to welcome top dollar.

May 20, 2014

Rising Tide

The Biotechnology Industry Organization and its state affiliates will soon find out if they will be getting A’s, B’s or C’s on their biennial report cards at this year’s BIO International Convention in San Diego.

May 2, 2014

Low Frequency, High Yield

To choose the top economic development deals of 2013, we evaluated, as we do every year, such factors as capital investment, job creation and regional economic impact among all corporate facility projects we tracked.

April 15, 2014

The One That Didn’t Get Away

It’s not a one-way street entirely, but it seems more companies relocate their headquarters out of Illinois than into Illinois.

April 7, 2014

Seeking Partner Who Wants Same

Recent biopharma project news, policy evolution and research offer some ideas on the way forward for industry executives facing location decisions.

April 7, 2014

The Connected

Forty percent of the world’s mobile traffic goes through the networks of Sweden-based telecommunications and network company Ericsson, and the company supports customers’ networks servicing more than 2.5 billion subscriptions.

March 31, 2014

Blown On Course

In January, using new employment data from 123 countries and the European Union, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said that in 2012, employment in renewable energy worldwide stood at 5.7 million with the potential for adding 11 million jobs in the years to 2030, with 2.1 million of the new jobs coming from the wind sector.

March 11, 2014

Five To Thrive

If you like challenges, here’s one: Pick up today’s Wall Street Journal and highlight companies that don’t depend on technology.

February 18, 2014

Cities of Commerce

Joseph Parilla and Alan Berube at The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program recently marked the anniversary with the debut of their “New North American Trade Map” concept and their report “Metro North America: Cities and Metros as Hubs of Advanced Industries and Integrated Goods Trade.”

February 4, 2014

The Future Is Flexible

As long as some genius gives Great-Aunt Millie an iPad for Christmas, the world will have customer contact centers.

January 27, 2014

Let It Be

Creative types don’t need tailor-made environments and amenities, just the freedom to build that ecosystem themselves.

January 27, 2014

Qualified Leads

2014 marks the 10th anniversary of the granddaddy of them all when it comes to large site certification for industrial development. Tennessee Valley Authority’s Megasites Program was created in 2004.

January 13, 2014

Should It Stay or Should It Go?

The National Association of Manufacturers on Dec. 3 unveiled a report it commissioned by former World Trade Organization Appellate Body Chairman James Bacchus asserting that permits to export liquefied natural gas and coal are being delayed unnecessarily by the federal government.

January 6, 2014

The Lay of the Land

Site Selection is proud to publish our fifth annual State of the States report in this, our 60th anniversary issue.

January 2, 2014

Tailor Made

If there is one thing that site selection consultants agree on, it’s that no two projects are the same.

December 23, 2013

Char: Baked, Not Broiled

What if it were possible to take the woody debris left behind from harvesting, logging or mine site-clearing and develop it into a substance that could be added into soil, not only making the soil more productive and able to retain more moisture, but to stabilize it against erosion?

December 9, 2013

Economic Injections

An electronics component firm that serves the automotive and medical device sectors is rapidly making a bid to be a top employer in Western Michigan, thanks to new contracts that are allowing the company to reshore jobs and offshore product.

November 22, 2013

Once and Future Kings

The problem in Europe is that you can’t run a plant profitably with one shift,” says automotive industry analyst David Cole, chairman emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research and now co-founder and chairman of AutoHarvest.

November 21, 2013

Brave New World

From Hank Aaron’s 715th home run to Sid Bream’s pennant-winning slide into home plate, Atlanta has been the site of some of the most historic moments in Major League Baseball history.