Alabama among top 10 states in business climate rankings
By William Thornton
on November 08, 2016 at 1:38 PM, updated November 08, 2016 at 1:59 PM
Alabama is among the nation’s 10 best states in business climate and among a survey of corporate site selectors.
That’s according to Site Selection magazine, a publication dealing with economic development.
Alabama placed ninth in the magazine’s 2016 state business climate rankings, and eighth in a survey of corporate site selectors asked to rank states based on their experience locating facilities in them.
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Boeing’s Retiring Boomers Underscore US Manufacturing Plight
By Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg
Nov 07, 2016
John Rothery said his goodbyes, handed in his badge and walked away from Boeing Co. He had worked on almost every commercial jet model over four decades, from a 707 bristling with military radar in the late 1970s to today’s sleek 787 Dreamliner.
The date, Oct. 3, had been circled on Rothery’s calendar for more than a year. It was the last time that Boeing would bump up pension pay for Seattle-area factory workers before it froze the plan at month’s end, provisions dictated by a deeply unpopular 2014 contract extension. For Rothery, it was the final straw.
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HudsonAlpha acts as catalyst for Alabama bioscience growth
Author: Dawn Azok /Made In Alabama
November 10, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – From world-class researchers to worried parents, people across all walks of life are finding answers at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.
Set on 152 acres in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park, the nonprofit institute is a pillar of Alabama’s biotech industry and beyond that, a global leader in genetics and genomic technology.
HudsonAlpha brings scientists, entrepreneurs and educators together to collaborate at one site. The campus includes more than 30 bioscience companies, is responsible for nearly 1,200 direct and indirect jobs and has an estimated $1.3 billion impact on the
state economy.
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