March 18, 2014
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 11, 2014
The FUSO Canter Truck plant in Tramagal, Portugal, celebrated its 50th anniversary in early February.
March 11, 2014
When Lynn Buehring leaves her doctor’s office in San Antonio she touches her inhaler to be sure it’s close.
February 28, 2014
In late November, Merck KGaA, the Darmstadt, Germany–based pharma, chemical and life science company, made the latest in an ongoing series of investments in one of the most R&D-intensive economies in the world: Israel.
January 31, 2014
Australia's Lend Lease participated last week in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ new Healthcare Center in Kernersville, N.C., part of the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point metro area.
January 13, 2014
Apple Inc. announced the opening of a new plant in Mesa, Ariz., that will create 700 jobs, as well as 1,300 construction jobs, for a region hard hit during the recession.
December 30, 2013
First, on Dec. 4 during a trade mission to Brazil, Gov. Martin O’Malley announced that Brace Pharmaceuticals, an investment company created by EMS S/A, Brazil’s largest domestic pharmaceutical company, has opened its U.S. headquarters in Montgomery County and plans to invest $200 million in the new operation.
December 23, 2013
The United Arab Emirates last month won the right to host World Expo 2020, beating out Yekaterinburg, Russia; Izmir, Turkey and São Paulo, Brazil.
December 16, 2013
Travelers Insurance scoured the country and chose Sarpy County, Neb., for the giant insurer’s second major data center in the US.
November 21, 2013
From Hank Aaron’s 715th home run to Sid Bream’s pennant-winning slide into home plate, Atlanta has been the site of some of the most historic moments in Major League Baseball history.
November 18, 2013
Chinese investors spent $12.2 billion in foreign direct investment in the first three quarters of 2013, on the way to a record-setting year, according to Rhodium Group’s Thilo Hanemann.
October 15, 2013
The United Kingdom is enjoying a significant uptick in its core economic indicators that give it a first glimmer of hope for an economic turn-around.
September 26, 2013
One first-place finish in a state business attractiveness ranking is noteworthy.
September 10, 2013
As a candidate for office, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto spoke often and forcefully about his plan to address the structural challenges that have impeded Mexico's economic and social progress.
September 3, 2013
Our annual Infrastructure Report unveils insights and plans from all three NAFTA territories, along with updates on some of the major projects now under way around the world.
September 3, 2013
Below, in alphabetical order, we present the Top Utilities in Economic Development for 2013, selected by the following mix of objective and subjective criteria: Analysis of corporate end-user project activity in 2012 in that company's territory; website tools and data; innovative programs and incentives for business, including energy efficiency and renewable energy programs; and the utility's own job-creating infrastructure and facility investment trends.
August 28, 2013
Even as New York's largest biotech company keeps reinvesting at two locations in its native New York, it's also looking abroad to the Emerald Isle. And it's planning to reignite a once-hot Dell manufacturing site in the process.
August 6, 2013
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell signed a Declaration of Cooperation with Oregon and Washington on May 24th to expedite the review and permitting of energy generation, power transmission and other vital infrastructure development in the Pacific Northwest.
July 30, 2013
In early January, automotive visionary and entrepreneur Paul Elio announced that his fledgling company Elio Motors would employ 1,500 people in producing Elio's cute, green and ultra-high-mileage three-wheeled car in the giant former General Motors facility in Shreveport that used to produce the intimidating and gas-guzzling Hummer.
July 16, 2013
Thinking about renewable energy, the first things that come to mind are usually large fields of solar panels facing the sun, wind farms with revolving blades or turbines behind dams producing hydropower. But another source of renewable-energy already accounts for about half of Europe's renewable-energy consumption - biomass.
July 11, 2013
Say "Petronas" out loud and most people will think you're talking about Harry Potter's animal spirit ("patronus"), which has helped him out of any number of tight situations.
July 11, 2013
In May Ernst & Young published the latest edition of its Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), marking 10 years since the index's first edition.
July 11, 2013
The company famous for "everyday low prices" suddenly wants to spend a lot more money - on U.S.-made products, that is.
July 5, 2013
Yes, it's about green buildings. But it's also about how close they are to your house.