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HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New state investments approved by the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) will support the creation and retention of more than 225 jobs in Blair, Bucks, Northampton and Westmoreland counties. "The Corbett administration is committed to policies that encourage economic growth and job creation in Pennsylvania," Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary C. Alan Walker said. "The...
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Congressman Eric Cantor (VA-07) and Tonya Mallory, co-founder, President and CEO of Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. (HDL, Inc.), a CAP accredited leader in health management, participated in a panel discussion focused on innovation and economic growth with local business leaders at the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park in Richmond. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111020/PH91012 ) "We all are here to talk about jobs for...
NEW YORK, PITTSBURGH and SAN SALVADOR, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Dallas Cowboys and Ohio State University and Wal-Mart are implicated in a sweatshop scandal, producing their licensed goods at an illegal sweatshop in El Salvador, where women are just paid pennies per garment and stripped of their rights. Today, the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights is releasing an explosive 37-page report--including production and cost documents smuggled out of the Style Avenue...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- This week marks the launch of PovertyCure, a growing international network of organizations that champions the creative potential of the poor and seeks to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of the developing world. Hundreds of millions of people still live in extreme poverty around the world. For the last 60 years humanitarian efforts have emphasized wealth redistribution and government-to-government transfers of foreign aid. But an...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michigan Municipal League unveiled a new book, The Economics of Place: The Value of Building Communities Around People, at its annual Convention in Grand Rapids. The book features researchers, entrepreneurs, practitioners and urbanists sharing their perspectives on the importance of place in restoring prosperity to Michigan, League officials said today. Governor Rick Snyder discussed the book during a news conference today at the...
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ISI Emerging Markets, the leading provider of hard-to-get business information on emerging markets, today announces the launch of DealMonitor, an exclusive database and tool designed to help investors and business owners quickly identify future M&A deal and Equity Capital Market (ECM) activity, trends and opportunities in the emerging markets. DealMonitor is a component of the DealWatch information product, offered as a part of the Company's...
CHICAGO, Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Economists have long suspected that one reason why developing countries struggle to emerge from poverty is that they lack robust financial sectors, especially when compared to wealthier nations. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100914/DC63872LOGO ) Although it may seem obvious that a weak financial sector would stifle growth within a developing country, until now few economists have tried to determine just how this phenomenon...
Focus on public-private partnerships, and making Northeast and California model projects CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- High-speed rail could spur economic growth in major cities, protect the environment, and save energy - but requires a fresh approach that creates new, accountable rail management structures, brings in the private sector, and concentrates for now on California and the Northeast, according to a new report published by the Lincoln Institute of...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ann Arbor SPARK, the driving force of business retention, acceleration and growth in the region, recently received an Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The award recognized the MichAGAIN campaign in the category of Human Capital for communities with populations of 200,000 - 500,000. "We recognize Ann Arbor SPARK for providing successful strategies to promote new standards in...
CLEVELAND, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Northeast Ohio is one of 20 regions in the country selected as a winner in the Obama administration's $37 million Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, a multi-agency competition to support the advancement of high-growth industry clusters across the country. The region will receive a $2,062,945 million grant for a collaborative program led by JumpStart, Lorain County Community College, MAGNET, and NorTech, which will stimulate job creation....
