Spotlights

Last year, I prepared an article for Trade & Industry Development that painted a broad-brush picture of Canada’s current position in the biotech secto...

Space to grow, a pool of talented professionals and a business-friendly, low-cost environment that stimulates growth are necessary ingredients for the...

From the development of the Babcock Milk Test in the late 19th century to the isolation of human embryonic stem cells in the late 20th century, the St...

Missouri is on the cutting edge of advancements in the bio, bio-technology and agricultural economic sectors. Led by Gov. Matt Blunt, the state has ta...

Gone are the days when Mississippi was primarily known as an agricultural state. Sure we still grow everything from corn to soybeans, but today’s Miss...

Kentucky ranks among the top one-third of states in the plastics industry. Most of that is in processing new and recycled plastics resins into interme...

With its low cost of doing business coupled with a tax burden that is 32 percent lower than the national average, ground-breaking economic development...

A century ago pioneers like Henry Ford and R.E. Olds gave birth to the automotive industry in Michigan,beginning the state’s legacy as the “Automotive...

If location is the key to success in business, then there are few better locations than Kansas. Business is booming in the Sunflower State, thanks in ...

In the 1970s, a television show called “Mission Impossible” followed the adventures of government specialists who each week implemented clever strateg...