April 21, 2014
Scaling New Heights
An overhauled tax code, a revamped incentives package and a reinvigorated energy plan are making the Northeast U.S. one of the most closely watched regions of the country.
Area Spotlights
April 16, 2014
A Tax Climate To Write Home About
Wyoming is the best state in the US for taxes on businesses, and its capital, Cheyenne, is the best city in which to find a job, according to recent analysis.
April 15, 2014
Power Surge
Energy is big business in Eddy County, N.M., the busiest community currently drilling in the oil-and-gas-rich Permian Basin.
April 15, 2014
Beating the Spread
Chicago, like many cities, is seeing a return to the city center from corporations and regular folks alike. But Chicagoland by definition encompasses 15 Illinois counties other than Cook County (21 if you count northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin).
April 7, 2014
‘Seamless Pipeline’
Marjorie Taylor had a challenge. She needed to find a way to communicate to high school students the importance of taking the ACT WorkKeys assessment seriously.
March 31, 2014
Elsewhere in South Carolina
Kids’ bikes and scooters can’t compete with a Boeing 787 or a BMW 4-Series in the expensive-transportation arena. And Kent International doesn’t try to compete with Boeing and BMW on the economic impact of their new facilities, either.
March 25, 2014
Central Casting
The mutual benefits that corporations and higher learning institutions can confer on one another were illustrated in December when Lilly Endowment awarded $5 million to Indiana University, one of a series of grants totaling nearly $63 million.
March 18, 2014
Into the Stratosphere
Citing a highly skilled workforce, the cost of doing business and the number of aerospace companies already located in the state, a report released in December 2013 by PricewaterhouseCoopers proclaimed Florida number one in aviation manufacturing attractiveness.
March 17, 2014
Original by Design
California’s automotive design cluster has 22 design centers in Southern California alone, including facilities from GM, Toyota, Ford, Volkswagen (Santa Monica), BMW (Newbury Park), Volvo and Mercedes (Carlsbad).
March 11, 2014
From Inner Harbor to Outer Space
If Maryland state leaders have their way, the aviation and aerospace sectors will blast off with new opportunities in high tech and high-paying jobs in the next few years.