Verizon Communications will establish a finance and accounting Center of Excellence in the Orlando area. The facility will initially create 300 jobs by the fourth quarter of 2014, with a total of 750 new jobs by 2016.

Categories: Deals, Site Selection
Tagged: Florida, Georgia economy, Indiana economy, Kansas Economy, Kentucky manufacturing, Verizon, Virginia,

In Arkansas, Big River Steel plans to build a more than $1 billion steel mill in Mississippi County, Arkansas that will directly employ more than 500 people with annual average compensation of $75,000 a year.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Arkansas, Ashland, General Motors, Kansas, Kentucky manufacturing, Microsoft, North Carolina, Virginia,

South Africa-based Sasol Ltd. plans to invest between $16 billion and $21 billion in an integrated gas-to-liquids (GTL) and ethane cracker complex and ethane cracker complex in Westlake that is expected to create 1,253 direct jobs.

Categories: Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Sasol, Texas, Virginia,

Major investments in Louisiana by CF Industries Holdings Inc. and German-based Benteler Steel/Tube C top the week’s investment and job creation news.

Categories: Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Benteler Steel, Berry Plastics, CF Industries, Detroit Thermal Systems, Kentucky manufacturing, Louisiana economy, MacLean Power Systems, Michigan, Tennessee, Virginia,

A new plant for Hershey Kisses and other chocolate products, a major upgrade in Austin for an online marketer and Chinese investment in Kentucky and Virginia top the week’s site selection and job creation news:

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: biofuels, Georgia economy, Kentucky manufacturing, Minneapolis, Texas jobs, Virginia,

Major investments in pharma research and manufacturing, identity security, retail distribution and women’s fashions top the week’s job creation and site selection news:

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Allergan, Illinois, Kentucky, Nasty Gal, New Jersey biotech and life sciences, Sheetz, Texas Enterprise Fund, Virginia, Vitamin Shoppe,

High-tech industries are growing across the U.S. Where are the biggest surges in the sector? Some of these locations might surprise you.

Categories: Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: aerospace, biotech, California, Colorado, Delaware, Dell, DuPont, engineering, high-tech industry, information technology, Lockheed Martin, Maryland, Massachusetts, National Science Board, Nevada, New Jersey, pharmaceuticals, Raytheon, science, software design, Texas, Texas Instruments, Utah, Verizon, Virginia, Words With Friends,