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Texas, Louisiana add most jobs in the last five years
Nucor's DiMicco says skills gap excuse "hogwash"
Mercedes to build new North American assembly plant
Houston is on a big-time roll
Venture capital in Austin surged in fourth quarter 2011
Texas job totals exceed pre-recession peak
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Whole Foods expanding Austin headquarters
Tennessee unemployment hits 3-year low
Kentucky's unemployment rate drops to 9.1 percent; lowest in three years
Alabama's unemployment rate drops to 8.1 percent
Florida's unemployment rate falls below 10 percent for first time in almost three years
Jobless rate falls for third consecutive month in Texas
Italian company to open plant in rural N.C.
Health shake maker to hire 50 in N.C.
Caiman Energy expanding West Virginia operations
AW North Carolina passed on the incentives
Is Texas stealing jobs from California?
Nashville-based Asurion to create jobs in Atlanta
Aviation company adding 25 jobs in Winston-Salem
PowerSecure adding 100 to N.C. workforce
Chattanooga paying to attract talent to downtown
Georgia solar farm project gets go-ahead
Anadarko to build second tower near Houston
Xiolink hiring 15 at St. Louis data center
Kimberly-Clark to locate distribution center in Mississippi
Software maker adding 30-40 jobs in Durham, N.C.
Yarn manufacturer to locate facility in rural Eastern N.C.
Oil recycling facility going to Port of Tampa
Call center in Birmingham will bring 250 jobs
BASF moving plant science division headquarters to Research Triangle Park
Direct Energy relocating HQ from Toronto to Houston
TRG to create up to 300 new jobs in West Virginia
Window and door maker to open $120m Louisiana facility
Two auto parts companies expanding in Tennessee
Report: Florida Gov. Rick Scott wanted port deal with Obama for Tampa-to-Orlando high-speed rail project
HBO Latin America hiring 100 in Miami
NCO Group adding jobs in Charleston, W. Va.
Huge deal: BMW to invest $900 million in S.C. plant
Huge deal: Boeing moving 1,000 jobs to Oklahoma City
Huge deal: Freightliner calls 1,100 workers back to N.C. truck plant
Huge deal: Solar company to bring at least 800 jobs to San Antonio
Furniture manufacturing coming back to the South
San Antonio No. 1 in small business hiring
High-rise condo developers building once again in Miami
Aichi Forge expands in Kentucky
Launch Medical expanding in Memphis
Company expanding in Alabama
Parts supplier hiring 200 in Tennessee
EA grows to 600 workers in Austin
Virginia-based Norfolk Southern reports it assisted in $9.5 billion in industrial development
Call center hiring over 400 in Orlando area
Foundry adding capacity in Greenwood, S.C.
Amazon expanding Chattanooga distribution center
Mercedes-Benz and Nissan team up to expand Tennessee engine plant
Acentia placing HQ in Fairfax Co., Va.
Precision Coils opening plant in West Tennessee
Tyson Foods to hire 60 at Arkansas torfilla plant
Red Hat payroll swells in Raleigh
Kia completes Georgia expansion
Call center adding 250 jobs in Mobile, Ala.
Air Force One’s maintenance moving to San Antonio
ServiceSource creating 300 or more jobs in Nashville
Baldor Electric bringing 166 jobs to N.C.
AvCraft expanding in Myrtle Beach
Employee benefits firm moving headquarters to Charlotte
Florida looks to turn the corner in 2012
Amazon to build two distribution centers in Virginia
Amazon building two other centers in Tennessee
Sara Lee expands in Missouri
EverBank moving 1,500 workers to downtown Jacksonville
Auto supplier expands in S.C.
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