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Where Problems are Solved

Companies, communities and institutions have rallied around the life sciences in the Land of Enchantment.

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Roadmap to Recovery: How Louisiana Is Doing It

by Mark Arend

Photo: Getty Images

From virtual site tours to adjusting workforce training, from water technology to the oil and gas sector, you can learn a lot from a conversation with Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson.

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Investment Profile

Cradle of Cures

by Gary Daughters

Amicus Therapeutics will leverage a partnership with the University of Pennsylvania at its new facility in Philadelphia.

Photo courtesy of Amicus Therapeutics

Greater Philadelphia is a center of excellence in cell and gene therapies.

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Features

Hyperscale or Hyper Scale-Back?

by Adam Bruns

Alibaba Cloud in May pledged to invest $28 billion over three years in its cloud and next-generation infrastructure, then in June pledged to hire 5,000 technology staff over the next 10 months.

Photo courtesy of Alibaba Group

The best location right now for cloud service providers? Everywhere.

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Investment Profile

Soft Landings: Foreign Firms Find a Foothold in Charlotte

by Adam Bruns

In 2019, 25 foreign companies added a total of 1,300+ jobs and $203 million in capital investment in metro Charlotte, a region responsible for $13.8 billion in total exports in 2019.

In 2019, 25 foreign companies added a total of 1,300+ jobs and $203 million in capital investment in metro Charlotte, a region responsible for $13.8 billion in total exports in 2019.

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Depleted Tax Coffers Could Cause Shift in Incentive Policy

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While the country battles the coronavirus, state and local governments will be squeezed financially — just like so many businesses and households.

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Investment Profile

The 3D City Strikes Back

by Ron Starner

Cumberland Additive made 30 prototype face masks for first responders

Courtesy of Cumberland Additive

Additive manufacturers in Pflugerville respond swiftly to COVID-19.

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Features

We Are Part of the Fix

by Gary Daughters

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The spotlight moves to corporate America.

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Departments

Editor’s View: ‘Wonderful in Their Own Ways’ Doesn’t Keep Businesses in Town

by Mark Arend

Editor in Chief Mark Arend says business leaders in some areas have a lot more to battle against than a pandemic.

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Could a Post-Pandemic National Industrial Strategy Advance the Cause of Advanced Manufacturing?

by Adam Bruns

TSMC, whose Fab 15 in Taichung, Taiwan, is pictured here, announced in May it would create 1,600 new jobs and invest $12 billion over eight years in a new advanced semiconductor factory in the Greater Phoenix area.

Photo courtesy of TSMC

A new report urges the U.S. government to develop a national industrial strategy.

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Investment Profile

Smooth Sailing

by Adam Bruns

In an average week, more than 40 international container, breakbulk and roll-on/roll-off vessels are serviced at the Port of Virginia’s marine terminals.

Photo by Hampton Roads Alliance

A polycentric region built around a multi-faceted port offers a model for how economic clusters work.

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Survey Reveals Manufacturers’ Post-Pandemic Plans

by Mark Arend

Supply chain managers are recalibrating a moving target like never before.

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Features

Zooming Into Secondary Hubs

by Ron Starner

Photo of downtown Phoenix courtesy of VisitPhoenix

Why Zoom and Microsoft picked markets outside the usual global ‘Top 20.’

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Cover

A World Turned Upside Down

by Gary Daughters

The food supply bent but didn’t break. The strongest will survive.

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Work from Anywhere?

by Adam Bruns

COVID-19 is disrupting traditional office use and dispersing workers around the country.

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Voices Worth Heeding

by Adam Bruns

Like many of our readers’ organizations, we shifted focus in response to the pandemic, scrapping our previous plans in order to devote our July issue to covering the world’s response and recovery strategies.

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Online Insider

How the Construction Trades Responded to COVID-19

by Ron Starner

Deemed ‘essential,’ the business of building America continues during the pandemic.

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