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More Jobs Than Workers

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This month, some regional economic development organizations have stepped forward with an interesting idea to address the chronic shortage of workers in North Dakota, which is not limited to the oil industry but cuts across all sectors, including healthcare, construction and retail. told Prairie Business. Plains north dakota'

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PwC Survey Finds Majority Of Investors Consider Sustainability Issues

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These issues will continue to factor into investors’ future decision-making, with 87% expecting to consider climate change and/or resource scarcity over the next three years and 84% of investors expecting to do the same for social responsibility and/or good citizenship. With Europe being the exception, investors in both the U.S.

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LOCATION FOCUS: United It Stands

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New York State’s 54,556 square mile geography is divided into 10 economic regions (according to Empire State Development)—Western New York, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Central New York, North Country, Mohawk Valley, Mid-Hudson, Capital District, New York City and Long Island. By Dominique Cantelme. From the March/April 2013 issue.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Targeted workforce development curriculum from the region’s community colleges makes advanced manufacturing one of the region’s top employers—both domestic and international.

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Stimulus Dollars Advance Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy In America’s Cities

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Nearly seven in eight mayors (87%) expended a majority of their EECBG grant dollars on municipal projects and operations. Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Topic Contributed Columns Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green) Executive Analysis Featured Post Online Features Renewable Energy Wind Power ARRA Conference of Mayors EECBG'

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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Unusual for a Florida region, the Treasure Coast has two sites vying to capitalize on the needs of hemmed-in ports trying to increase the volume of goods they handle as larger and larger cargo ships come to call. Every successful port in the country has an inland port,” says Jones Lang LaSalle’s Carver. Are Global Supply Chains Shrinking?

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: More Than Just Production And Plating

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The importance of manufacturing to the local, regional, state and national economies continues to be very significant and cannot simply be measured in the number of jobs. But just an hour or so to the North of the New York City metropolitan region begins a great expanse of farmland that extends hundreds of miles to the Pennsylvania border.