January 23, 2012

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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

How bad was it?

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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