Featured Website: CorporateInformation.com

By Jeff Vedders Stumped when it comes to international company information?  We actually stumbled on a site that may help.  It’s called Corporate Information and it’s at www.corporateinformation.com.  Corporate Information allows you to research by company, industry,...

Nanotechnology – the reality minus the hype

By Leigh Howe “There’s plenty of room at the bottom” – physicist Richard Feynman, 1959.   The beginnings of nanotechnology occurred as early as 1959 but wouldn’t become an accepted scientific pursuit until the 1980’s.  Nanotechnology is the art of manipulating matter...

2001 U.S. Rural New & Expanded Activity

By Pete Julius In order to successfully attract businesses to rural communities, it is imperative to understand which industries gravitate to less populated areas.  For most communities, it is extremely challenging to attract businesses.  For rural communities which...

Capacity Utilization

By Dean Whittaker Capacity utilization is one of the key measures for determining the need for companies to add new capacity. One of the more useful websites for economic development is www.economy.com.  This site offers an abundance of economic indictors and reports...