March 5, 2013
A few years ago, folks in Southwest Louisiana talked about the long road toward economic recovery following devastating hurricanes, an historic oil spill and a global financial crisis that would severely test the mettle of an entire region
March 5, 2013
he voters have spoken. The U.S. election of November 2012 resulted in very little visible change — Democrats retain control of the White House and the Senate, Republicans the House of Representatives and most governors’ mansions — 30 as of this month.
March 4, 2013
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March 4, 2013
America's energy boom has been kind to Houston, the country's fastest-growing job market. As new discoveries of underground shale rich with pockets of natural gas create fertile fields of exploration and harvest for many of the world's largest energy companies, Houston is reaping a windfall of investment.
March 1, 2013
Not so fast, Buckeyes. Texas is back in a big way with a commanding first-place finish in the 2012 facilities race to claim the Governor’s Cup after a 34-project loss to Ohio last year. Not only did Texas reclaim the coveted trophy, but it did so with a whopping 761 projects, 270 more than first runner-up Ohio, which held its own relative to last year’s tally with just seven fewer projects (491).
February 27, 2013
Perhaps it's the incentives directed specifically at aerospace company investment. Perhaps it's the presence of three national laboratories and dozens of others, three Air Force bases and three test facilities.
February 27, 2013
The Government of Jamaica has unveiled ambitious plans that will build the Caribbean into a Global Logistics Hub for the Americas and position it as a regional trading mecca similar to Singapore, Dubai and Rotterdam.
February 27, 2013
A new "unique urban design strategy" has been announced for the area surrounding Stockholm Arlanda Airport, in a bid to transform the region into "an attractive international meeting point for businesses, logistics and transportation".
February 26, 2013
When the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania (ESWP) first convened in
1880, present in the room were Andrew Carnegie, George Westinghouse, George Ferris, Alcoa founder Alfred E. Hunt and William Metcalf, an engineer and draftsman with Fort Pitt Foundry and Crescent Steel Co. who was also the president of the Duquesne Club, a premier social club that still exists today in downtown Pittsburgh.
February 26, 2013
The nation's largest provider of advanced wound-care services found the perfect prescription for growth in Jacksonville, Fla.
February 26, 2013
If you’re a French contract research organization looking to grow in North America, then Montreal and Newark appear to be prime places to splash down.
February 25, 2013
"It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country." — Justice Louis Brandeis, 1932
February 25, 2013
Quick: Where is France's leading port for both ore and coal imports and containerized fruit?
February 25, 2013
Greater Philadelphia's refining industry is experiencing a rebirth. It’s a remarkable turnaround for an industry that seemed to be on the rocks only 18 months ago.
February 20, 2013
The International Facility Management Association supports about 23,000 members who manage more than 37 billion sq. ft. (more than 3.4 billion sq. m.) of property in 78 countries.
February 14, 2013
Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo was able to crow at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, as his nation reaped a host of honors: Belgium was named the fourth most open economy in the world by Ernst & Young’s Globalization Index, while also coming in fourth among 123 countries in the Conference Board’s annual report on worker productivity.
February 13, 2013
In the past two years, the dramatic changes in Arab countries have been a primary focus of attention.
February 13, 2013
Everyone loves a tiger. Powerful, elegant – yet tricky to manage. Ireland was the Celtic Tiger during the boom of the ‘zeros.
February 7, 2013
Along the banks of what once was called the world’s most crooked river, a straightforward property deal closed in January in southeastern Michigan that will help keep a hometown company home and maintain a special community’s home all at once.
January 30, 2013
The shift away from the dependence on foreign oil has opened an opportunity for rapid growth in the cleantech industry.
January 24, 2013
Reform of U.S. immigration policy is on the tips of so many tongues of all political stripes that it seems a foregone conclusion decisive action will take place soon.
January 24, 2013
The Sultanate of Oman lies at the eastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, boasting a stunning landscape combing the desert, the mountains, plains and sea.
January 24, 2013
If one didn’t know exactly where on Fazeley Street Fazeley Studios are located, they would be easy to miss.
January 23, 2013
According to Michael E. Porter’s Cluster Mapping Project at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School, medical devices were one of only nine industry clusters to create a net positive total of jobs between 2005 and 2010, creating 11,011 jobs in the U.S. even as the overall net change in jobs during that span was down by more than 1.9 million positions.