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Necessity The National Science Foundation this week revealed the locations for 10 NSF Engine Awards and 44 NSF Engine Development Awards chosen from among more than 700 concepts submitted from every s

Necessity may be the mother of invention. To lure and cultivate corporate investment, a territory’s knack for invention and innovation is a competitive necessity.

Leading voices from around the state of Michigan weigh in on the connections between regional culture, higher education and talent attraction.

Seal-Rite Door plans to relocate operations from Rockford, Illinois, to Beloit, Wisconsin, and will open and operate a 105,000-square-foot site in the 28-acre Wisconsin Stateline Industrial Park.

Like clockwork, clouds threaten nearly every sunny afternoon in some parts of Florida. But cloud services — and mission-critical facilities in general — are an opportunity shining continually on the state.

Excellent infrastructure is inviting investment.

Pumping $10 billion into the economy and providing over 100,000 jobs, the aerospace/aviation footprint is expanding in Kentucky.

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n May 29, 2011, a little shudder shot through the roots of economic development and corporate real estate. That was the day that H. McKinley "Mac" Conway passed away at his home in Shiloh, Fla. The founder and chairman of Conway Data Inc. and founder and publisher of Site Selection was 90 years old; and […]

Thank God It's Monday: The Ten Standards of Successful Leaders

With coffers near empty, states debate the merits of tax credits for movies.

In Wyoming, Mich., there is another field of dreams, one occupied by a now un-occupied General Motors stamping plant. The plant, originally built in 1936, was closed in 2009 to the shock and dismay of the community, putting 1,500 well-paid workers out of work.

Now the people dream that an investor will come. It is a shared dream by a community that understands itself, and that patience will be rewarded in the end.

Break out the champagne," gushed Bob Whelan. "This is really huge for Oregon and for Portland."

Valley of Visions: TVA scopes out the future by looking to the past

In 2009, Columbia, Mo., home to the University of Missouri’s flagship campus, was a runner-up in the race to land a major technology service delivery center from IBM

Ras Al Khaimah, located near the northeast tip of the United Arab Emirates, once was known, like its fellow six emirates, as one of the Trucial States.

Recovering from disaster

Atlanta-based media and communications company Cox Enterprises in late January announced plans to build a new 600,000-sq.-ft. (55,740-sq.-m.) office complex on its campus headquarters in Sandy Springs, Ga.

Thanks to its friendly and straightforward laws, Delaware is known as the place to domicile your company, as well as the place to declare it bankrupt.

A desire to stop shipping railcars halfway around the world has helped convince an Italian manufacturer to commit for the long haul.