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.
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April 16, 2014
Origin and Destination
Interstate highway access — check. Commercial airport site — check. Quick proximity to 50 percent of Florida’s population — check. Abundant and growing workforce — check. Foreign Trade Zone — check.
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 15, 2014
The One That Didn’t Get Away
It’s not a one-way street entirely, but it seems more companies relocate their headquarters out of Illinois than into Illinois.
April 14, 2014
Two Thumbs Up in the UK
Budget changes to the United Kingdom’s oil and gas tax regime are expected to support billions of pounds of new investment and the creation of more than 700 new jobs, with close to 8,000 more sustained along the supply chain.
April 14, 2014
Stars of the Show
Last Thursday, not long after saluting dozens of Energy Star champion organizations earlier in the month, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced its sixth annual list of the top 25 U.S. metropolitan areas with the most Energy Star certified buildings.
April 14, 2014
Clean Machine
They could be … the most interesting men in the world.
April 9, 2014
The Boiler
"Now that Russia has invaded the Ukraine and annexed the Crimea, many readers may call into question the idea that there can be such a thing as a good partnership with Russia,” says Glenn Williamson, author of "Inside Out: Building a Glass House in Russia."
April 7, 2014
Play To Your Strengths
Cincinnati-area natives increasingly appreciate their region’s advantages and the global arena in which the city competes for new investment — and jobs.
April 7, 2014
Seeking Partner Who Wants Same
Recent biopharma project news, policy evolution and research offer some ideas on the way forward for industry executives facing location decisions.
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.
April 7, 2014
The Connected
Forty percent of the world’s mobile traffic goes through the networks of Sweden-based telecommunications and network company Ericsson, and the company supports customers’ networks servicing more than 2.5 billion subscriptions.
March 31, 2014
Quality Personified
Griffin Land, the owner-operator of almost 3 million sq. ft. of commercial space on land holdings of nearly 4,000 acres in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, is seeing its tobacco nursery heritage supplanted by its choice reputation as a developer and partner.
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 31, 2014
Blown On Course
In January, using new employment data from 123 countries and the European Union, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said that in 2012, employment in renewable energy worldwide stood at 5.7 million with the potential for adding 11 million jobs in the years to 2030, with 2.1 million of the new jobs coming from the wind sector.
March 31, 2014
Supersized Ambition
To the south is a nation where a woman is arrested if she drives an automobile. To the north, across a narrow strait, is a nation which mixes religious politics with nuclear politics.
March 27, 2014
No Shelf Life
The same year that gave us the Cuban missile crisis, the Second Vatican Council, the admission of James Meredith into the University of Mississippi and the newly independent countries of Algeria, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago also gave us Kohl's, Kmart (now part of Sears), Target and Walmart, all of which got their start in 1962.
March 25, 2014
Full of Energy
Gov. Tom Corbett laid out Pennsylvania’s most ambitious energy plan ever on Jan. 21. The bottom line? Expanding companies will find even more cost savings when they invest in the Keystone State.
March 25, 2014
Unconventional Wisdom: Social Media
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Vine, Instagram … the list goes on. Social media is everywhere, and it seems as if everyone is using it, including economic developers.
March 25, 2014
Top Industries: Spheres of Influence
Analysis of all projects entered into Site Selection’s New Plant Database during the 2013 calendar year shows transportation is driving economies, especially in Asia.
March 24, 2014
STEM Sells
Indiana's efforts to recruit more teachers into the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields were bolstered with the January announcement of $9.7 million in funding from the state's new STEM Teacher Recruitment Fund, approved by the 2013 General Assembly.
March 24, 2014
Singapore Spin
How could a biopharma company that's only one year old employ 21,000 worldwide and have $18.8 billion in revenues?