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Southbound: From the Editor
Around the South
Relocations & Expansions
Top Deals
Watch out world: The Palmetto is back
Green Solutions for Red States
2012 Ten Top 10s Edition
Top Ten Stories
Ten people who made a difference in the South
Ten Southern markets that are manufacturing location no-brainers
Ten megasites in the South for the next ‘Big Kahuna’
Ten successful aviation and aerospace clusters in the South
Ten Southern markets that are fostering technology like few others
Ten small Southern markets that are seeing their economies soar
The ten best airports in the South
Overcoming nature’s adversity: Ten real comeback kids in the South
Top ten quotes
Automotive Hot Spots in the Southern Auto Corridor
2012 Small Town South Edition
Sumter, S.C. wins big – beating the odds by getting into the game
Florida's inland port strategy could result in thousands of new jobs Rural unemployment rate in Virginia dropped a point in 2011 Clean Tech is growing in an automotive industry-like way in the South and North Carolina is joining in the fray No Southern state's rural regions benefited more from the recovery in 2011 than Kentucky's
2011 Made in the South Edition
Where in the World would the South's economy be without Foreign Direct Investment?
2011 SB&D 100 Edition
2011 SB&D 100 Introduction and Methodology
2011 SB&D 100
2011 Top Deals and Hot Markets
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Re-shoring picks up speed
Houston No. 1 in relocations
Here is one reason Florida is coming back strong
Here is another Southern state that should come back strong
Navistar to assemble new truck in Alabama
Continental breaks ground in Sumter, S.C.
Oklahoma City ranked No. 1 most cost-attractive mid-sized business location
Surging production in shale formations in Texas
Austin leads nation in job creation
Austin approves incentives for Apple Inc. and 3,600 new jobs
Mercedes supplier breaks ground in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Auto parts supplier Kyowa America announces new plant in Portland, Tenn.
Volkswagen adds 800 workers at Chattanooga auto works
Auto supplier expands in Oxford, Ala.
NCR to add another plant in Columbus, Ga.
Duracell to create 60 jobs in Cleveland, Tenn.
CSX adding workers in Birmingham
Clean energy company announces plant in St. Augustine, Fla.
Offshore wind turbines set for Virginia
Boeing will grow in Charleston, S.C., CEO says
MindTree to create 400 jobs in Gainesville, Fla.
Pharmaceutical manufacturer creating 119 jobs in N.C.
Armstrong World adds 95 jobs in Jackson, Tenn.
Texas start-up begins construction on $140m Georgia factory
West Virginia job gains surge
Houston, Atlanta drive job growth
Boeing begins relocation of Wichita workers to Oklahoma City and San Antonio
Alabama passes film incentives bill
Starbucks to open fifth manufacturing plant in Augusta, Ga.
Virginia named "best state to make a living"
Grant Tennille named director of Arkansas EDC
Atlanta-based RockTenn opens rural N.C. plant
Nephron Pharmaceuticals breaks ground on $313m S.C. plant
Brazil's Embraer to open R&D, design center on Florida's Space Coast
GE adding 600 jobs to revived Appliance Park in Louisville
MTU Diesel expanding Aiken County, S.C. plant
Solar park to provide power to VW in Chattanooga
Little Rock Airport to be renamed for Clintons
High-voltage power cable plant set for Berkeley County, S.C.
Auburn, Ala. land biotech
Wall Street Journal cites New Orleans
Real estate in Spring Hill, Tenn. off the charts
GM preparing Kentucky Corvette plant
Danish automotive parts supplier locating in rural Georgia
Automotive supplier picks Montgomery, Ala.
DHL expands in Northern Kentucky
Toray invests $97 million in North Alabama
German manufacturer expanding in Georgia
Apple expanding data center in rural N.C.
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer sets up shop in Raleigh
PNC to hire 250 in N.C.
Sutherland Global to add 600 jobs in rural Louisiana
First S.C.-built Dreamliner to roll from Charleston plant about the time this issue comes out
CAT expanding in Sumter, S.C.
RESTORE Act passed for Gulf States
Exide expanding Columbus, Ga. plant
The world's busiest airport will open its new international terminal on May 16
VW to build warehouse in rural Tennessee
Mississippi film projects rising
AW North Carolina expanding transmission plant in Durham, N.C.
Michigan-based metals company to open plant in Chester, S.C.
Chemical manufacturer investing $29m in Chester, S.C.
Bi-Lo and Winn-Dixie HQ to be located in Jacksonville
Procter & Gamble completes $100m expansion in Pineville, La.
Ameridial to add 195 jobs in rural N.C.
Toyota Industries selects Pedergrass, Ga. for new plant
Retailer Belk setting up e-commerce center in Small Town S.C.
Southwest Airlines adding jobs at San Antonio call center
Caterpillar adding jobs at North Little Rock motor grader plant
Chaparral Energy expanding in Oklahoma City
Pipe maker expanding in Louisiana
Whirlpool adding to workforce in Tennessee
More private planes in Palm Beach than in India and China
Margaritaville Casino hiring 1,000
Hard Rock hiring 400 in Tampa
Canon Virginia halfway to hiring goal
Capital One expanding in Richmond
GSI Commerce hiring 60 in Henry County, Va.
LamTech to establish operation in Henry County, Va.
DOE gives green light for mini-nuclear reactors in Aiken, S.C.
Toyota adding jobs, capacity at W. Va. transmission plant
Bad Boy Mowers announces rural Arkansas expansion
Hyundai, Kia supplier picks Dothan, Ala.
Formosa Plastics hiring 225 in Texas
Parts supplier expands in Alabama
West Virginia leads nation in export growth
Milwaukee Tool expanding distribution operations in Mississippi
Luvata expands in rural Mississippi
Welspun announces second expansion in Little Rock
Memphis tissue plant to house 100 more
Chiquita relocating 150 to Charlotte in HQ move
Michigan logistics firm will create 200 jobs in Charlotte
Alliance Precision Plastics adding 54 jobs in rural N.C.
Carolina Precision Plastics expanding in N.C.
Texas' Alliance ranked top FTZ
US Nitrogen breaks ground on new plant in Greene County, Tenn.
Snap-On Tools expanding Tennessee facility
Blackstone announces $2 billion commitment to Cheniere's gas export plant in Southwest Louisiana
Publix building $188m distribution center in Orlando
Affinion adding 150 jobs in Williamson County, Tenn.
Account receivable firm bringing 250 jobs to northern Kentucky
Wild Turkey investing $44 million in Kentucky
HCA expanding data center, IT in Tennessee
Oklahoma peanut processor to locate in rural Mississippi; 150 jobs
Lockheed Martin opens manufacturing facility in Pinellas Park, Fla.
Winston-Salem-based Novant hiring 150 in Fort Mill, S.C.
Economic development super region formed in Louisiana
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