Originally Posted on Talk Business & Politics
Arkansas was the second biggest mover among the best states for attracting new business, jumping 10 spots into 23rd place in Chief Executive magazine’s annual Best & Worst States for Business survey released on Monday.
Chief executives from across the globe again rated Texas …
Originally Posted on Mississippi Business Journal
Entergy Mississippi announced on Thursday its People Power Initiative , an investment of more than $1 million from shareholders to help prepare the state’s work force and raise its competitive level to attract business and industry.
Unveiled at the Mississippi Economic Council’s annual meeting, it …
Originally Posted on 4-traders
Entergy hosted a “Power Lunch” last week at Copiah-Lincoln’s Simpson County Center. The purpose was to bring business leaders in the community together to discuss ways the community can work with Entergy in the economic development arena as well as in developments within the Entergy company itself.
Entergy is working with communities …
Originally Posted on Beaumont Enterprise
The Port Arthur contracting business owned by Elizabeth Cravens whiffed on the billions of dollars worth of plant expansion and construction work over the past few years, but she’s optimistic this time will be different.
As its proposed $10 billion project to export supercooled natural gas awaits federal …
Originally Posted on The Advocate
Occidental Chemical Corp. announced a $145 million expansion of the company’s manufacturing plant in Geismar to make refrigerants.
OxyChem said Monday its expansion will create 12 new jobs with an average salary of $80,000 a year, plus benefits. The plant employs 400 OxyChem employees and contractors.
The …
Originally Posted on The Advocate
Monsanto Co. pulled the trigger Tuesday on a $975 million expansion at its Luling plant that is expected to add about 100 full-time employees and 20 contractors to the site.
The Luling plant already has around 665 workers. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in an …
Forty miles upriver from Memphis, nearly 2,000 construction workers from far away as Utah and Texas are completing the final stages of a $1.3 billion steel mill that has turned the once faded Arkansas Delta city of Osceola into a boom town.
Home rental rates are rising and sales tax collections …
Mississippi receives a Silver Shovel Award for its sixth consecutive year from Area Development magazine. The award is based on economic development effectiveness. Area Development is a leading economic development publication covering site selection and facility planning. The Shovel Awards are presented to state economic development agencies demonstrating significant economic …
