North American Reports
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration in August released a report on the nation’s busiest Interstates that shows people drove more than 84.7 billion miles on California highways in 2011 — more than 900 times the distance from Earth to the Sun — making the Golden State’s highways the nation’s busiest.
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Area Spotlights
They don’t make much noise about it, because they don’t want to.
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When Gov. Scott Walker stared down the powerful public employee unions in Wisconsin two years ago, the landmark budget reform legislation did more than place the Badger State on a path to fiscal recovery.
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Documents were filed in East Baton Rouge this week finalizing the sale of the former home of newspaper The Advocate in downtown Baton Rouge to Lafayette Street Holdings for nearly $4.1 million.
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Investment Profile
When the world’s fastest-growing retailer needed a logistics solution in America’s largest consumer market, it looked no further than San Bernardino County, Calif.
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One first-place finish in a state business attractiveness ranking is noteworthy.
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The Texas mystique is real, but its economic dynamism could just as easily be said to come from the distinct characters of its many successful cities.
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When a US$1.8-trillion economy expands at a rate of over 5 percent, it should not cause much despondency, especially in these tough times when many developed economies struggle with 1- to 2-percent growth.
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When medical device and equipment supply chain organization Qmed recently named its top-tier US states for medical technology, Michigan made the Top 10, partly by virtue of the precision skills base that is a legacy of the automotive industry.
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One year ago, as reported in this space, Roche wound down a site search that considered 50 East Coast sites but chose only one.
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For any company that plans to open a new facility, or expand an existing one, the decision must make financial sense.
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Why establish a new Asian operation without local partners who can facilitate the process at every turn?
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If America is to fully recover from the Great Recession of 2008-2009, there’s an excellent chance that leading the recovery will be a handful of states in the Upper Midwest and South Central regions of the country.
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While public perception of drone aircraft is driven by accounts of their military use in bombings and spying, legitimate public safety and agriculture are recognized as the primary markets for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the commercial marketplace.
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In May, West Star Aviation announced plans to plans to invest roughly $15 million this year in expanding its presence at current sites in Grand Junction, Colo. (GJT), East Alton, Ill. (ALN), and Columbia, S.C. (CAE).
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Talk about a vote of confidence. GE Aviation is investing nearly $200 million in four North Carolina sites primarily because of the state’s work force.
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An astounding 1,850 projects across nearly all categories of plastics and chemicals have been recorded in Site Selection’s New Plant Database over the two and a half years since Jan. 1, 2011.
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Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A megaproject has surfaced in Nigeria.
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What if a company came to town, did its business, provided you with a walking, talking digital postcard for your quality of life, then packed up and left, leaving your community a bit richer than before in both cash flow and reputation?
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Investment Profile
Malaysia offers an ideal ecosystem for the medical devices industry at a watershed moment for Southeast Asia.
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While many businesses and industries evaluate their next-generation work force after colleges and universities graduate students, in the Carolinas the energy industry follows another path.
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In earning Site Selection’s Canadian Competitiveness Award this year, British Columbia’s Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training jumps up from a second-place finish last year to snare the prize.
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As a candidate for office, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto spoke often and forcefully about his plan to address the structural challenges that have impeded Mexico’s economic and social progress.
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Could the decade of the 2010’s turn out to be the new Golden Era for the Golden State? It may not be as far-fetched as it sounds.
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