Highest Student Debt in Pennsylvania
Posted by Staff Writer on 5/2/2019 to
Politics and Economy
Highest Student Debt in Pennsylvania
$35,00 Per Student
IncSmart Pennsylvania (Small Business and Startups) - The highest student loan debt is located in Pennsylvania. The total debt across America is over $1.4 trillion dollars. This debt is second to America's mortgage debt for homes. Most students have loans between $10,000 and $25,000. In Pennsylvania however, the debt is over $35,000. State senators are trying to put together a plan to help students with their debt. The plans include refinancing at a lower rate and allowing tax credits.
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New Jersey Losing Population
Posted by Staff Writer on 5/1/2019 to
Tips for Entrepreneurs
New Jersey Losing Population
Startup Success is Harder to Achieve
IncSmart New Jersey (Small Business and Startups) - New Jersey again tops the list of states losing population. Corporations are leaving New Jersey for better tax rates and an affordable work force. Corporations notifying the Secretary of State of their intentions to move are at a record high. This is also causing a slower job growth, and a budget crises year after year. The general fund is low and there is no money for New Jersey to spend on priorities. New Jersey is also at the bottom of states for economic performance. This makes a small business or start up, harder to succeed.
Georgia Company Awarded Patent
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/30/2019 to
Healthcare
Georgia Company Awarded Patent
Holon Solutions Patient Data
IncSmart Georgia (Small Business and Startups) - Holon Solutions, locate in Alpharetta Georgia, is awarded a US Patent for it's patient data software. This new software platform will allow for health providers to find and correct patient care gaps. The new system called CollaborNet, will show data from all healthcare companies instead of just the healthcare company software where the patient is located. Patient date can now be located on any electronic health record.
New Mexico Top in Pecan Prodcution
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/29/2019 to
Market Sectors
New Mexico Top in Pecan Production
900 Million Pounds Doubling in Ten Years
IncSmart New Mexico (Small Business and Startups) - New Mexico toped America in pecan production by producing over 90 million pounds in 2018. Dona Ana County produced about 73% of the New Mexico pecan crops. Eddy County follows a distant second with 11%. Dona Ana County is in the Southeast part of the state, just north of El Paso Texas. Las Cruses is the county seat and the population is just over 200,000 residents. New Mexico pecan production has almost doubled since 2008.
Minnesota Flood Diversion
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/28/2019 to
Real Estate
Minnesota Flood Diversion
Channeling the Red River North
IncSmart Minnesota (Small Business and Startups) - Minnesota Flood Diversion plans on saving property on the Red River is moving along. Cities in both Minnesota and North Dakota have been buying houses along the Red River at a steady paced, and replacing them with flood levies and walls. The record flood in 2009, forced the residents to fill over 7 million sandbags in 10 days. The original cost by the US Army Corps of Engineers was $1.4 billion dollars, but has increased to over $2.75 billion.
Florida Business on Cuba Travel Restrictions
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/28/2019 to
Business Law
Florida Business on Cuba Travel Restrictions
Florida Claims Settlement Commission
IncSmart Florida (Small Business and Startups) - Florida business may see slowdown Cuba travel restrictions. President Trump announced new restrictions limiting non family travel to the communist nation, and to tighten the economic embargo. Trump is making it illegal to conduct business in Cuba. Airlines and Cruise Lines will be most impacted by the new restrictions. Port Miami and Port of Everglades in Fr. Lauderdale are two of the busiest ports in the world.
Daimler to Convert Oregon Factory
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/28/2019 to
Market Sectors
Daimler to Convert Oregon Factory
Portland to Produce Electric Trucks
IncSmart Oregon (Small Business and Startups) -Daimler to convert Oregon factory in Portland to produce electric trucks. The trucks are freightliner trucks. Oregon was chosen for it's proximity to California. Daimler has received a $15 million dollar grant from SCAQMD, which is South Coast Air Quality Management in California.
Chewy Picks North Carolina
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/27/2019 to
Business Opportunities
Chewy Picks North Carolina
Groundbreaking in Rowan County
IncSmart North Carolina (Small Business and Startups) - Chewy Inc, the online retailer for pet products, picks North Carolina for it's new fulfillment center. They will locate it's new fulfillment center in Rowan County, and a groundbreaking will be in May. They plan to invest $55 million dollars in the new center. This new center will improve the delivery of products to the Southeast United States. The construction of the new facility will be 700,000 square foot.
Kentucky Builds New Corvette
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/26/2019 to
Market Sectors
Kentucky Builds New Corvette
Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green
IncSmart Kentucky (Small Business and Startups) - Kentucky builds new Corvette in Kentucky and the model will be revealed in July 18, 2019, and is expected to go on sale in 2020. This is a huge benefit for the Bowling Green community. The Corvette has been built exclusively in Bowling Green for the last 40 years, and General Motors has invested over $900 million dollars into this facility. The plant has built over 1 million Corvettes. The price of the Corvette start at $80,000.
Nevada Opens Minor League Ball Park
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/25/2019 to
Sports Business
Nevada Opens Minor League Ball Park
Oakland A's Minor Team In Las Vegas
IncSmart Nevada (Small Business and Startups) - Nevada opens $150 million Minor League ball park in Summerlin with free parking for fans. The new ball park is home of the Aviators, the Oakland As minor team. Las Vegas tourism official also anteed up $80 million dollars for the project. The ball park is within walking distance of the Red Rock Hotel and Casino.
BASF Second Phase of Louisiana Expansion
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/24/2019 to
Business Opportunities
BASF Second Phase of Louisiana Expansion
Geismar Plant Continues Growth
IncSmart Louisiana (Small Business and Startups) - BASF second phase of Louisiana expansion as the largest chemical plant in North America continues. This expansion will cost BASF $87 million dollars. The company has already committed $150d million dollars to phase 1 of the expansion in the 2000 acre project in Ascension Parish, BASF and the city of Geismar have a 30 year history. Geismar is in the heart of Louisiana's chemical corridor.
Russian Company Invests in Kentucky
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/23/2019 to
Federal and State Taxes
Russian Company Invests in Kentucky
Appalachia Aluminum Mill
IncSmart Kentucky (Small Business and Startups) - Russian company invests in Kentucky. The new mill is being built in the Appalachia area near Ashland on the tri state area of the Ohio River. Construction will include hiring 1500 construction workers d. After completion the firm will add an additional 650 full time employees. The plants start date will be early 2021.
Tenaska Closes Financing for Missouri Project
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/21/2019 to
Energy Industry
Tenaska Closes Financing for Missouri Project
Wind Project in Nodaway County
IncSmart Missouri (Small Business and Startups) - Tenaska closes financing for Missouri project in Nodaway County. The wind project in Clear Creek Energy Center is under construction. The wind farm will become operational later this year. Tenaska is based in Omaha Nebraska. Commercial operations are scheduled to start in 2020. Tenaska will build and operate the wind farm. The onshore wind farm chose Nodaway because of its high wind location.
Lucid Motors to Build Plant in Arizona
Posted by Staff Writer on 4/21/2019 to
Market Sectors
Lucid Motors to Build Plant in Arizona
Casa Grande Auto Production to start in 2020
IncSmart Arizona (Small Business and Startups) - Lucid Motors to build 700 million dollar plant in Casa Grande Arizona. Pinal County will lease the land to Lucid for four years. Lucid will receive over 1 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia in investments for it's new electric car plant. Lucid will launch it's first luxury car, Lucid Air in 2020. Lucid may also receive $5 million from the Arizona Competes Fund. This money the governor used to help bring companies to the state.