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awards

Trade & Industry Development Honors 2025 CiCi Award Winners

Trade & Industry Development, a leading publication dedicated to site selection for businesses, has announced the winners of its 2025 Corporate Invest...

manufacturing

WI: BW Converting’s Packaging Innovation Center Is Resource for Training, Collaboration

BW Converting’s Packaging Innovation Center in Green Bay, Wis., is central to the company’s mission to support converters with practical training, han...

green economy

Report Shows Green Economy Expected to Surpass $7 Trillion in Annual Value by 2030

Businesses across industries are already benefiting from the strong growth of the green economy, the second-fastest growing sector over the past decad...

population

Census Bureau Releases New Estimates on America’s Families and Living Arrangements

Newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s historical America’s Families and Living Arrangements tables show that fewer than half (47%) of...

manufacturing

Report: Manufacturing PMI® at 48.2% in November, 9th Straight Month of Contraction

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in November for the ninth consecutive month, following a two-month expansion preceded by 26 s...

data centers

Data Centers Turn to Oceans and Space Amid Surging AI-Driven Energy Demand, Says GlobalData

The growing popularity of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud services, and digital applications is driving unprecedented demand for computing power, ...

industry

AL: Report Says New Investment Drives Growth and Opportunities for Rural Alabama

Last week, Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair applauded the significant strides being made to attract transformative investment and high-quality jobs to ...

broadband

AR: NTIA Approves Arkansas’ BEAD Final Proposal

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved the State of Arkansas’ Final Proposal...

retail spending

Mastercard SpendingPulse: U.S. Black Friday Retail Sales Up +4.1% YOY as Holiday Momentum Builds

According to preliminary insights from Mastercard SpendingPulse™, U.S. retail sales excluding autos were up +4.1% on Black Friday, November 28 compare...

logistics

TX: TexAmericas Center Commissions 2 Locomotives to Increase Capacity

TexAmericas Center, which owns and operates the 5th ranked industrial park and is one of the largest mixed-use industrial parks in the United States, ...