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The inaugural Global Groundwork Index sizes up the territories where infrastructure and corporate investment are aligning for the future.

Will Florida diamonds turn into gold in Tampa, Lakeland and North Port? MLB teams think so.

The Natural State drafts a plan for its companies’ future competitiveness.

Gary Daughters discovers that Burley leads Idaho in big-time investments.

Something’s cooking next door at Subaru too, all part of a master-planned development across the Delaware from Philadelphia.

Theme park designer ITEC Entertainment is the ultimate show runner, bringing its proven brand of storytelling to the exploding universe of mixed-use destinations.

New Orleans and Lafayette burnish their IT credentials.

News from around the world includes snapshots of UNCTAD’s latest FDI scoreboard, the UK’s tech momentum, architects who best deploy daylight, Nordic demographics, aerospace in Ukraine and Mercedes-Benz in Hungary.

The president of a major defense and security company’s drone division tells us why it made sense to join more than 1,100 other aerospace-related firms in the Sooner State.

Leaders in biotech, engineering, unmanned aerial vehicles and the startup community find this region along the North Dakota-Minnesota state line ideal for doing business and living a good life at the same time.

Under the sea may be a fine place for more than just subsea cables.

With $60 million in funding, French photography editing startup Meero is about to build the nation’s largest computer vision center and open more offices abroad.

Industrial projects aimed at U.S.-Mexico commerce will unite instead of divide.

The president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria sees promise on the horizon, once obstacles in the foreground are overcome.

Blue Moon’s brew is launching marijuana-infused “beer” in Colorado, with plans to expand to two more states and beyond.

Three savvy leaders at the 2018 World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment highlighted challenges and opportunities in the war for talent.

The experts at Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network share their insights into hot startup sectors and the locations where they’re thriving.

Cryptocurrency miners reveal the site selection process that led them to Montana.

Find out which global cities are smartest — and learn from the experts at Juniper Research what makes them so smart.

Delegates to the 2018 World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment packed a meeting hall at the Liverpool Exhibition Center earlier this month to witness a roundtable discussion of where foreign investment is going and why.

Quick-hitting stories fill you in on GE’s Mojave Desert test flight of the world’s largest jet engine; Greater Toronto’s skilled immigrant influx since Canada’s Global Skills Strategy launched; the top U.S. trade show locations; Electric Boat’s latest investment in Connecticut; and a global sustainable design award winner in Mexico City.

The Port of Mobile will build a new roll-on/roll-off facility at an ideal time for the growing automotive industry in the southeastern U.S.

Our latest digest of global news catches us up on a new terminal in Dunkirk; Petronas in Turin; employment vs. robots in Germany; the world’s most expensive cities; and a choice getaway for sale in Fiji.

The back 40 are a living lab for high-tech farming in the Bluegrass State.