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production

GA: Film, TV Industry Spent a Chart-Topping $4.4 Billion in Production Expenditures in the State

The Georgia Film Office, a strategic office within the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) charged with marketing and promoting the ind...

industrial park

IA: 1,641-Acre Mills Crossing Location Certified as Iowa’s Newest Mega Site in Western Iowa

Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Director Debi Durham recently joined officials from MidAmerican Energy and Mills Economic Development Found...

jobs

U.S. Economy Adds 528,000 Jobs in July, as Unemployment Rate Edges Down to 3.5%

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 528,000 in July, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics re...

alternative energy

Solar and Storage Industry Commends Energy Dept. for Targeted Actions to Expand Community Solar

Sean Gallagher, vice president of state and regulatory affairs at the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), comments on the administration’s eff...

business

LA: Louisiana Launches Third Annual American Academy of Entrepreneurs to Accelerate Business Growth

Sixteen Louisiana-based, growth-oriented companies are the third group of participants in the American Academy of Entrepreneurs, a program designed to...

business

Study Finds Nearly Half of Workers Only Receive Feedback on an Annual or Semi-Annual Basis

New research finds a disconnect between employees’ need for performance feedback and how much feedback they receive. About half of workers (48 percent...

business

U.S. GDP for Q2 Falls at 0.9% Rate; Second Straight Quarterly Decrease, Stoking Recession Fears

Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2022, according to the "advance" estimate releas...

supply chain

Supply Chains Unlikely to Stabilize Until First Half of 2024 or Beyond, According to New Survey

A new survey of supply chain executives by Carl Marks Advisors, in partnership with SupplyChainBrain, underscores the deep and lasting impact of COVID...

ports

AAPA Launches 'Port Opportunities with Energy, Resilience, and Sustainability (POWERS) Program'

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) — the unified voice of the seaport industry in the Americas — officially launched its Port Opportu...

workforce

Alignable's July Hiring Report Says 45% of Small Biz Employers Put Hiring on Hold

For more than a year, small business employers have struggled to fill open positions. And while 51% are still trying to find workers for those posts, ...