Area Spotlights

Meet Mark Parkinson, CEO of Kansas.

The Upper Midwest is not the first region of the U.S. that comes to mind when looking at the burgeoning solar-energy sector, but significant projects are happening across the region.

Massachusetts is well-known for its high-tech industries, with biotech and IT among the more visible sectors.

Move over, banking. The Charlotte region’s energy sector is on a roll, coalescing into an economic force with a critical mass large enough to attract new players of all sizes.

2010 has been anything but ordinary for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. She has gained international attention with the state’s controversial immigration law.

It could be innovation in pipelines. It could be trucking, airport and shipping lines. It could be foreign trade zones and borderlines, and credit lines as well.

Basket case or horn of plenty? California is both — it depends on whom you ask. The Golden State’s business-climate burdens are well documented in the business press — including in these pages, where interviews with corporate executives

Eastern Europe’s 22 countries have always been at different stages of development and levels of attractiveness for foreign investors.

Oregon: Cluster Comes to Fruition