Cincinnati's Biohealth Cluster Welcomes Adam Singer

Adam Singer has joined the Cincinnati USA Partnership as the director of the region’s biohealth cluster. The biohealth cluster currently contains more than 220 companies with more than 105,000 local employees who are involved. The cluster’s role is to ensure that companies stay focused on strategy, invest…

X-Culture Project Breaks Enrollment Record

University of North Carolina-Greensboro announces record enrollment in program to ready students for global workplace.

This month a record-breaking 3,200 students from 84 universities in more than 40 countries are participating in UNCG’s X-Culture Project, an initiative to prepare a new generation of workers for…

Most Companies Plan to Keep Teleworking Programs

Will others follow Yahoo! in telecommuting ban? No.

When struggling big box retailer Best Buy followed in the footsteps of Yahoo! Inc. by altering its telecommuting policies for employees, some undoubtedly concluded that there would soon be a flood of companies doing the same.

However, a new survey indicates that…

Raleigh, N.C., Takes on SXSW in Austin

Jennifer Bosser, assistant executive director, and James Sauls, director of economic development with Wake County Economic Development, attend the SXSW Interactive Trade Show.
 

Work in the Triangle initiative makes first appearance at the SXSW Interactive Trade Show.

In addition to waiting in line two hours to take a picture…

Economic Developers Lower Expectations for 2013

Economic development officials across the country report lowered expectations for 2013 as prospect activity in the second half of 2012 was lower than expected, finds Avalanche Consulting in its biannual survey, Economic Development Activity Index, conducted earlier this year. The economic development consultancy, based in Austin, Texas, specializes in workforce…