Whittaker SmartLeads Trends

By Leigh Howe Our main research focus at Whittaker Associates continues to be predicting which companies are likely to relocate or expand by asking the question what causes companies to relocate and expand?  This helps our clients get the best bang for their marketing...

Census

By Jeff Vedders www.census.gov: Such a simple web site address for tons of information.  Although this site has enough information for several newsletter columns, I’d like to share two areas of interest, the Census 2000 data and the Economic Census. Census 2000 The...

Economic Recovery?

By Leigh Howe Are we seeing signs of an economic recovery?  We’ve heard quiet rumblings from the analysts that are becoming stronger.  Here’s a look at the latest economic indicators and some of the analysts’ comments. Real GDP growth. The economy – the output...

Industry Output & Employment Projections

By Jeff Vedders Here’s a link to an interesting article from the November issue of the Monthly Labor Review which is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The article is about U.S. industry output and employment projections to 2010. ...