A software developer moves some operations to Las Vegas, Deere fires up an expansion in North Dakota and Louisiana scores another new facility in the week’s major job creation and investment news: In Nevada, Take-Two Interactive Software will move its wholly-owned 2K publishing label’s 2K West QA Testing studio from Northridge, CA to downtown Las [...]
Some foreign direct investment projects top the week’s site selection and job creation announcements: In the Charlotte USA region, Denver Global Products Inc., a subsidiary of Chongqing RATO Power Co. Ltd., is building manufacturing, distribution and research facilities in Lincoln County. The company, a subsidiary of a Chinese-based manufacturer of thermo-power products and general-purpose engines for all-terrain [...]
Some heavy hitters in technology, auto production and aircraft manufacturing lead the pack on a holiday week of site selection and job creation developments: Apple is investing in a major way in Nevada. The company plans to invest more than $1 billion over the next decade on a 350-acre data server center for its cloud computer [...]
Nearly 2 million people are employed in the arts, entertainment and recreation sector in the United States, generating an annual payroll of $59 billion. That doesn’t count the billions of dollars spent on everything from movie tickets to sporting events to concerts to amusement park admission.
DHL is moving ahead with a major expansion at its facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport that will add 283 jobs.
In case you missed them, some major deals, investments and job creation notes from around the country this week.
The 16-county region known as Charlotte USA is an economic powerhouse that spreads into two states and is home to 2.6 million people and eight Fortune 500 companies.Using a regional approach to economic development, Charlotte USA has built a diverse economy that in the last two decades alone generated $18 billion in investment and spawned 170,000 jobs. [...]
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