Alabama mayors share 2016 growth priorities
Alabama News Center/ Made In Alabama
January 29, 2016
Made In Alabama checked in with the mayors of the state’s four largest cities to get an idea of their 2016 economic development priorities and how their growth strategies paid off last year.
- Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange believes Alabama’s capital is primed for growth in the technology and automotive sectors in 2016.
- For Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, the year should bring a renewed focus on the Rocket City’s R&D heritage after it landed a series of large-scale advanced manufacturing projects, creating thousands of jobs.
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How Digital Is Manufacturing?
Matt LaWell | IndustryWeek
Feb 2, 2016
So, just how digital is manufacturing? And how digital are you? A new paper whose title asks that exact question aims to answer it with hard numbers – and the outlook is mixed, at best.
How Digital Are You?: Middle Market Digitization Trends and How Your Firm Measures Up considers the 3% of American companies whose annual revenues rest somewhere between $10 million and $1 billion, and surveyed 500 middle market C-level executives during a week in early October to cull the data.
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Alabama Business Optimism Improves at Onset of 2016
By UA CBER
on February 01, 2016 at 10:47 AM, updated February 01, 2016 at 10:49 AM
Business confidence rose to 53.0 on the first quarter 2016 Alabama Business Confidence Index™ (ABCI) survey, conducted by the Center for Business and Economic Research in UA’s Culverhouse College of Commerce. The index increased 1.8 points but closed at its second lowest level since the first quarter of 2014. Panelists are now less optimistic than a year ago when the ABCI registered 57.4. An index value above 50 indicates positive outlook.
Panelists continue to see expansion in the Alabama economy, but are less optimistic about the national economy. The outlook for the state economy rose to a moderately confident 54.6, while the national economy index remained below the neutral mark at a slightly negative 49.2.
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