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May 8, 2024

The Future is Texas

The imminent global impact of innovative activity conducted in the state will be one to watch.

May 8, 2024

Finding the Right Fit

The Texas Workforce Commission’s innovative initiatives enable employers to help create the workers they want.

May 8, 2024

Even the Deals are Bigger in Texas

You don’t become the eighth-largest economy in the world by doing small things. You get there by doing things that are big, bold and audacious. Consider Texas. With a $2.4 trillion economy that accounts for nearly 10% of U.S. GDP, the Lone Star State continues to outpace the nation by landing record investment deals. Over […]

May 8, 2024

Economic Overview

Economist Ray Perryman explains why Texas keeps firing on all cylinders.

May 6, 2024

Spoiler Alert: Quad Cities No Longer Best Kept Secret

In management or editorial speak, “QC” stands for quality control, that endless process of getting things right as close to 100% of the time as possible. In the center of the United States, QC stands for “Quad Cities,” known for a manufacturing heritage that likes to do things right the first time. Forty years ago […]

May 6, 2024

United Kingdom: Eight States and More to Come

UK Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch welcomed Texas Governor Greg Abbott to London in March to sign a trade pact that “aims to help make it quicker, easier, and cheaper for UK and Texas firms to do business by tackling trade barriers, growing investment and driving commerce between the UK and Texas.” The UK […]

May 6, 2024

Project Bulletin: May 6, 2024

Data center developer Vantage Data Centers introduces its first $1 billion data center campus 20 minutes outside of Dublin in Grange Castle, Ireland.

May 5, 2024

Industrial Hemp: A Global Test to Explore the Benefits of Hemp

Over the course of one year, researchers in Italy’s Sicilian region aim to revolutionize the ways in which industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) can provide a sustainable solution to materials commonly used across global industries. Although botanically related to another cannabis sativa species known as marijuana, hemp holds less than 0.3% of the psychoactive component […]