May 2, 2013
Add It Up
As regular readers of Site Selection know, state and local tax policy isn't the only thing that matters to business, or even the most important — but it is one of the few factors that state and local governments can control.
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May 1, 2013
Two for Two
Texas is two-thirds of the way to sweeping Site Selection's big three annual state rankings.
May 1, 2013
REWRITING THE NORMS
Breaking the rules may not win many friends, but it sure has a way of influencing people — especially when it comes to the world of economic development.
May 1, 2013
Global Best to Invest Report
Site Selection is pleased to present its fifth annual Best to Invest rankings of nations and metro areas for investment-attraction activity in 2012.
April 30, 2013
Life Force
Boston is still the No. 1 life sciences cluster in the country. A cluster of reports and projects only reinforces the area’s leadership, even as the area’s leaders do the same in another context.
April 30, 2013
Competitiveness Evolves from Competence
Biotechnology in Costa Rica has considerable political support, being one of the seven areas of the 2011-2014 Science, Technology and Innovation Plan.
April 15, 2013
Easier Decisions
One fertilizer plant project, in the southwest corner of Indiana, made news in late 2012 because it will happen. Another made news in early 2013, in the same part of the state, because it will not happen.
April 12, 2013
Once Lost, Now Found
Industry reports and the experts make it clear: A new world order is in the making, with the United States essentially redrawing the world’s energy map.
April 12, 2013
Top Industries: Milestones
When nine out of the top 10 corporate facility projects in a sector are valued at more than US$1 billion, you've officially arrived as a force to be reckoned with.
April 12, 2013
Be In That Number
Site Selection tracked 329 corporate facility projects between July 2011 and December 2012 landing in the dozens of counties lining the Mississippi River. Louisiana led the way among river states.
April 11, 2013
Balls In the Air
To win The Masters this weekend at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., will require supreme skills, patience and fortitude. It will also require a superior match of golfer and equipment.
April 10, 2013
Scotland Lands Key IT, Life Sciences Investments
Two US companies announced plans in New York in early April to establish operations in Scotland.
April 10, 2013
Many Happy Landings
Private Jet Charter, a London-based company that arranges upscale chartered flights for clients around the world, could have chosen virtually any major market in the U.S. for its North American headquarters.
April 9, 2013
Intelligence^2
Cybersecurity is in the national headlines, after serious data incursions, an executive order from the White House and, in February, accusations of data theft from U.S.
April 9, 2013
Places to Soar
Still learning to fly? California knows how to make a nest for you, then kick you out.
April 8, 2013
A Kingdom Updates Its Roadmap
The Arab Spring spared The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the level of protest seen in neighbours such as Bahrain.
April 5, 2013
Weathering the Storm
On Feb. 20, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) proposed to invest $3.9 billion during the next 10 years to proactively protect and strengthen its electric and gas systems against increasingly frequent severe weather conditions.
April 5, 2013
Givebacks and the Grid
Last month, Texas-based Wilsonart, a manufacturer and distributor of High Pressure Laminates (HPL) and other engineered decorative surfacing materials and components, announced it had taken additional steps to improve its energy efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint by purchasing 35-percent Renewable Energy Credits backed by 100-percent Texas wind-fueled electricity.
April 5, 2013
Fabrication Bays
One's called Bay City and one's called Baytown.
April 2, 2013
A.T. Kearney: European High-Tech Industry Becomes Increasingly Marginalized
The high-tech industry in Europe is experiencing declining figures in all key segments, according to a 2012 study from A.T. Kearney.
April 1, 2013
One Big Greenhouse
Iroko Pharmaceuticals was little more than a seed five years ago. But it planted itself in two of the most fertile growth media for life sciences: Greater Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
April 1, 2013
Pre-Cambrian Origins
Seventy years ago Stanley Davis purchased St. Peter Creamery, in the eponymous town located just north of Mankato and about an hour southwest of Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul.
April 1, 2013
Fountains of Youth
Foreign investors, entrepreneurs and defense-related companies are transforming two once-sleepy North Florida markets from raw material-dependent communities into thriving high-tech centers of global commerce.
April 1, 2013
Pictures of the Wind
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) in February announced that global installed wind energy capacity increased by 19 percent in 2012 to 282,000 MW.