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Michigan Expands Opportunities for Business Attraction, Community Growth

Michigan Expands Opportunities for Business Attraction, Community Growth

The Michigan Strategic Fund approved updated tools and changes to two current Michigan Economic Development Corporation programs that will bolster the...

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Puerto Rico Community Foundation Promotes Solar Energy Infrastructure to Rebuild Island

Dr. Nelson Colón, President of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources recently and outli...

North Carolina Announces Plans to Build, Launch NCCareers.org

North Carolina Announces Plans to Build, Launch NCCareers.org

The State of North Carolina will build and launch NCCareers.org, a comprehensive, unified system to deliver career information and labor market data t...

First Ever Made in U.S.A. Trade Show Set for Oct. 3-6 in Indianapolis

First Ever Made in U.S.A. Trade Show Set for Oct. 3-6 in Indianapolis

MADE IN AMERICA 2019, the first-ever exposition and celebratory event solely focusing on U.S. manufacturing and products made in the USA, will take pl...

Port of Savannah Achieves Record March

Port of Savannah Achieves Record March

The Port of Savannah handled more total containerized cargo and more intermodal rail volume, with greater connectivity and velocity, than any March on...

Air Force's 'Pitch Day' to Focus on Space, Award Up to $40M

Air Force's 'Pitch Day' to Focus on Space, Award Up to $40M

Space News reports that winners of Defense Department small business innovation research contracts will have a chance to compete for a share of up to ...

Ports Call on Congress for Long-Term Solution for Maintenance, Infrastructure

Ports Call on Congress for Long-Term Solution for Maintenance, Infrastructure

In House testimony, the American Association of Port Authorities called on Congress to invest in critical landside and waterside connections to seapor...

call centers

Reports: Contact Centers Adding AI to Become More Intelligent, Responsive

Contact centers have evolved from query resolution to full-featured customer experience centers by embracing artificial intelligence and speech analyt...

DOE Announces $26.1 Million to Advance Hydropower and Marine Energy

DOE Announces $26.1 Million to Advance Hydropower and Marine Energy

U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $26.1 million in funding to drive innovative industry-led technology solutions to advance the marine and hyd...

Amazon to Provide Robotics Grants to 100 Schools in Underserved Communities

Amazon to Provide Robotics Grants to 100 Schools in Underserved Communities

Amazon and FIRST announced that 100 schools serving students from underrepresented and underserved communities will receive an Amazon Future Engineer ...