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business

MN: DEED Awards Infrastructure Grants to Three Cities, Supporting 1,000 Jobs

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has awarded more than $5 million in grants to three infrastructure projects in ...

sports

KS: AdventHealth Sports Park Generates $7.7M in New Market Spend in First 3 Months

The highly anticipated AdventHealth Sports Park at Bluhawk in Overland Park, Kan., which first opened its doors in October of last year, has reported ...

shipments

Census Bureau Reports Shipment of U.S. Goods Reached 12.2 Billion Tons, $18.0 Trillion

Shipments of goods in the United States reached 12.2 billion tons in 2022, virtually unchanged from 2017, according to the latest Commodity Flow Surve...

technology

New Report: U.S. Should Begin Development of World’s Most Powerful Particle Collider

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents an ambitious and comprehensive long-term vision for the field...

equipment

CapEx Finance Index (CFI) May 2025: Demand Rose; Financial Conditions Remained Healthy

FORECAST: New business volumes suggest a 0.7% increase in new durable goods orders in May. Total new business volume (NBV) rose by $10.3 billion seaso...

certified sites

IA: Bondurant Leads State in Certified Sites, Adding Fifth Location

The city of Bondurant has achieved its fifth development-ready industrial site through the Iowa Economic Development Authority's (IEDA) Certified Site...

equipment

Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Rebounds from Tariff Pressures

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the June 2025 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EF...

research

Analysis: Government-Funded R&D Leads To Long-Term Economic Growth

From telecommunication satellites to breakthrough medicines, government-funded research and development, or R&D, has tangible results that have improv...

manufacturing

IL: The Assembly Show Announces Keynote Speaker and Opens Registration for 2025 Event

Joanna Cooper, General Manager of Daimler Truck North America, will deliver the keynote address at The ASSEMBLY Show, taking place October 21-23, 2025...

AI

MS: Mississippi to Advance AI Education, Innovation and Workforce Development with NVIDIA

The state of Mississippi has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NVIDIA to expand AI education, promote research collaboration, enhance wo...