The United States maintained its strong showing in the 2014 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Ranking, holding the top position in the index for the second straight year.
Milken Institute’s fifth edition of its biannual State Technology and Science Index, issued this spring, revealed that competition at the top was getting more fierce. But that didn’t keep Massachusetts from ranking No. 1 for the fifth time in five tries over the past decade — this time by a wider margin.
Little-known fact — Boston is the birthplace of public transit in America. The first subway tunnels are still in use today, and people continue to take ferries into the city like they did in 1631.
Plus glimpses into Ohio’s agreement with GM, new pharmaceutical capabilities at Rickenbacker International Airport and Kroger’s e-commerce growth in the state.