The future of the supply chain: Nike, near-shoring and its new technology ? the Loadstar
Nike?s supply chain, and its emphasis on sustainability ? along with its aim to cut emissions ? has been well-reported. But it goes far deeper than merely calculating the carbon cost and asking its transport providers to try to cut emissions. No, this is a company well ahead of the curve in sustainability. More ?
Enterprising States ? U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Not everyone, or every state, accepts the notion of inevitable, slow growth and gradual decline. From the onset of the recession, some states have largely avoided the downturn. By the end of 2011, six states ? North Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska, Utah, Texas, and Montana ? showed more than 8% job growth over the past decade. More ?
Immigrants Keep Small-Business Faith ? WSJ.com
Newcomers to the U.S. Are Increasingly Opening Firms Beyond Major Cities, Energizing Local Economies More ?
Iowa governor warns California: We are coming to take your jobs ? latimes.com
Every year that California has budget trouble ? basically the last 10 ? another state licks its lips and boasts how it will reap the benefits as businesses and residents flee the Golden State. These poachers are usually more conservative southwestern states like Arizona or longtime California rival Texas. So, um, add Iowa to the list. More ?
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett defends Shell plant tax break ? mcall.com
Administration proposes offering $1.7 billion over 25 years to lure manufacturing jobs More ?
Christie Reaches Deal With Amazon to Collect Sales Tax on NJ Purchases ? Patch
The tradeoff for Amazon buyers in New Jersey is that the company said they?d build two new warehouses in the state at the same time tax collection begins, in July of next year. That will create construction jobs and as many as 1,500 warehouse jobs for state residents. More ?
Flat U.S. Wages Help Fuel Rebound in Manufacturing ? WSJ.com
The celebrated revival of U.S. manufacturing employment has been accompanied by a less-lauded fact: Wages for many manufacturing workers aren?t keeping up with inflation. More ?
Unions push bill to end incentives for companies that send jobs overseas ? NJBIZ
A bill that would penalize companies that ship New Jersey call-center job overseas is expected to go before the state Senate?s Economic Growth Committee on Thursday, having passed the Assembly in March. More ?
If Chicago sees export boom, jobs will require skilled training, experts say ? Medill Reports ? Chicago, Northwestern University
In Chicago, there are 100,000 jobs that remain unfilled because of skills gaps, said Lisa Hernandez, public relations director for Wright/Daley College, a community college in Chicago. She said manufacturing is one of those fields where demand is outpacing training. More ?
Working in America ? GE Data Visualization
Jobs are definitely a top of mind subject. Did you know that manufacturing jobs were the largest sector of employment in 1960, yet today the category has fallen to 6th place? In this interactive visualization, browse who has been working in America over the past 50 years by sector, gender or age. More ?
Northeast Kingdom Searches For New Manufacturing Jobs ? Vermont Public Radio
Vermont?s Northeast Kingdom has the highest unemployment rates in the state. Much of the reason has to do with the loss of manufacturing jobs over the years. More ?
Civil Engineers Likely to Grade U.S. Infrastructure `D? ? Businessweek
U.S. infrastructure projects such as roads, railways and airports will probably keep their near- failing ?D? grade when the American Society of Civil Engineers issues its next report on public facilities in 2013, according to the group?s president-elect and municipal-bond analysts. More ?
Amazon may see sales tax windfall from California warehouses ? The Sacramento Bee
After years of wrestling with state officials about Internet taxation, Amazon.com finally agreed last fall to begin collecting sales tax from its California customers. But some of that tax revenue, perhaps millions of dollars a year, could wind up back in Amazon?s pocket. More ?
Benchmarking: How Does Your Building Stack Up? ? RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Energy benchmarking can help you better understand your commercial property?s energy use and monitor performance over time. It allows for comparisons among similar building types and helps identify which ones could operate more efficiently. More ?
Companies Shape Curricula in New University Partnerships ? Bloomberg
Faced with a wave of retiring engineers and scientists and the need for precise expertise, U.S. companies ?including GE, Boeing, United Technologies Corp. and Microsoft Corp.? are reaching into colleges to make contact with students far earlier than they ever have. More ?
Job Growth Not a Product of US Manufacturing Surge ? CNBC
After more than a decade of seeing American manufacturing plants shut down, 2012 could be the year the U.S. finally reverses that trend and opens more plants than closes. It?s an important step, one that demonstrates the steady recovery of American manufacturing. But analysts say the sector is far from what it was 15 or 20 years ago. More ?
Future-Proofing the Office ? Workspace Design Magazine
More and more companies are asking themselves how to plan to ensure that they can meet the needs of the future without fully understanding what those needs might be. In other words, how do we future-proof the office? More ?
Cubicle Couches and Other Hot Trends in Workplace Design ? Wired.com
Last year, a new corporate headquarters based in San Francisco aimed to achieve that most elusive of goals: the paperless office. The company?s strategy for getting there? They didn?t order any file cabinets for the building. More ?
Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Reveals Increase in U.S. Employers? Hiring Plans for the Third Quarter
Gradual Improvements in Hiring Optimism Continue Among U.S. Employers More ?
Starbucks Turns to Ohio, Not China, for Coffee Mugs ? NYTimes.com
Not that long ago, this little Ohio River town could call itself the pottery capital of the nation. Some four dozen pottery factories here ?set America?s table,? as the locals liked to boast, churning out everything from fine china to chamber pots and employing a large majority of the work force. More ?
Most state economies still recovering after recession ? USATODAY.com
Even states now on the rebound ? such as Michigan, Connecticut and California ? find themselves far behind where they were economically when the recession started 4? years ago, the data show. More ?
Inner cities evolving into entrepreneurial hotbeds ? SmartPlanet
In previous posts, we talked about the impending renaissance of Detroit as a Midwestern Silicon Valley of sorts, with a lot of interest from startups and tech companies in locating to what is becoming trendy Woodward Avenue. More ?
Waterloo, Ontario, Canadian Tech Town, Feels BlackBerry?s Decline ? AP via Huff Post
With more than $2 billion in cash, bankruptcy for RIM seems highly unlikely in the near term, but these are troubling times for Waterloo, Ontario, the town of 100,000 that was transformed by the BlackBerry into Canada?s Silicon Valley. More ?
Where the jobs are: How innovation sparks growth ? Gigaom
Is your city an innovation cluster, or does it lag behind? If you are lagging, can you catch up? UC Berkeley economics professor, Enrico Moretti?s new book, The New Geography of Jobs examines how innovation companies are causing massive shifts in where jobs, people and wealth are distributed across the country. Moretti sat down with us to share his research. More ?
A Tech Buildup on the Bayou ? WSJ.com
Tax Credit Draws ?Nerds With Laptops? as Part of a Broader Louisiana Rebound More ?
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