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WI Seeks Innovative Business Ideas for 2019 Ideadvance Seed Fund

WI Seeks Innovative Business Ideas for 2019 Ideadvance Seed Fund

Ideadvance Seed Fund is inviting innovators with current or past ties to the UW System to apply to the program with business ideas.

PA Gov. Tom Wolf Creates Workforce Command Center

PA Gov. Tom Wolf Creates Workforce Command Center

Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order to create the Keystone Economic Development and Workforce Command Center.

Kia to Tap Savannah for Telluride Components, Brunswick for Export

Kia to Tap Savannah for Telluride Components, Brunswick for Export

Through vertical integration, Kia takes advantage of Georgia's extensive road and rail infrastructure, as well as its broader network of shipping line...

Plastics Transportation

PLASTICS Releases Transportation Report, Explores Trends in the Sector

The Plastics Market Watch Report—Watching: Transportation highlights an increased demand for plastics in a number of modes of transportation.

Montgomery Co., AL, Reports Record Year for Capital Investments

Montgomery Co., AL, Reports Record Year for Capital Investments

The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce announced record-breaking growth for new and existing industries in 2018—nearly $547.7 million in capital inve...

Port-Related Funding Programs Fare Well in FY'19 Minibus Agreement

Port-Related Funding Programs Fare Well in FY'19 Minibus Agreement

Funding for U.S. port-related programs advocated by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) fared well in the Consolidated Appropriations ...

KY Innovation, Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs Present KY Pitch

KY Innovation, Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs Present KY Pitch

Kentucky’s largest collegiate business pitch competition is back with a brand new name. KY Pitch, formerly known as Idea State U, will begin with regi...

Savannah's TEU Count Grows 7.5 Percent in 2018

Savannah's TEU Count Grows 7.5 Percent in 2018

The Port of Savannah moved 4.35 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in Calendar Year 2018, its highest annual volume ever, and a 7.5 percen...

2018 a Record-Breaking Year for Port of New Orleans

2018 a Record-Breaking Year for Port of New Orleans

The Port of New Orleans moved more containers in 2018 than at any time in its history, totaling 591,253 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 12.3 p...

Breland Named Director of Site Development for SC Power Team

Breland Named Director of Site Development for SC Power Team

South Carolina Power Team has named Rebecca M. Breland, P.E., as its new Director of Site Development. She will assist with product development effort...