NAIOP Forecast: Industrial Demand on Low-End of Growth Range; Increased Demand Expected in 2012
The NAIOP Research Foundation today released the Industrial Space Demand Forecast, the fourth forecast from a model that analyzes important economic f...
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AIA: Major Milestone in Export Control Reform Reached
Draft revisions to Category VIII (military aircraft and associated parts and components) of the U.S. Munitions List released by the Obama administrati...
AIA: Analysis Projects One Million Jobs at Risk from Defense Cuts, Would Lower Projected GDP Growth by 25%
An economic impact analysis projects more than one million American jobs could be lost as a result of defense budget cuts if the deficit reduction sel...
SPI Statement on Passage of Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama
Last evening the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate voted overwhelmingly with bipartisan support for three separate bills implementing free ...
NAM: Manufacturers Welcome Strong Vote on Trade Agreements to Create Jobs
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) President and CEO Jay Timmons issued this statement after the Senate voted to pass the free trade agreemen...
AMT/AMTDA: Manufacturing Technology Orders up 101% from 2010
August U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $460.61 million according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the Ame...
U.S. Economic Developers Indicate Improvement in Economic Activity in the First Half of 2011; However, Sentiment for Future Declines
According to a survey of 150 economic developers conducted in August 2011 by Avalanche Consulting, Inc. 56 percent of economic developers indicated an...
AWEA: Nonpartisan Congressional Report Underscores Need for Stable Wind Energy Policy
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), a nonprofit agency that provides policy research for the U.S. Congress, confirms in a new report that the U....
Florida Inland Port Forges Alliance with JaxPort
Florida Inland Port today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that creates a strategic alliance with the Jacksonville Port Au...
AMT, AMTDA: Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 102.9% From 2010
July U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $506.97 million according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association, and AMT - T...