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Written on: December 21st, 2010 in Education, Job Creation
Marrying Innovation & Manufacturing Our state has a long history as a cradle of innovation. A place where ideas can become products, products become new companies and companies help shape new industries. We are working to make sure that this history isn’t just remembered – we’ve been putting policies in place and working together with […]
Written on: December 14th, 2010 in Job Creation
Originally published in The News Journal The national economy has made for some very tough times, particularly for our state’s great manufacturing community. But given their talent and drive, I know our manufacturers can still say with certainty to companies around the world — “If you can invent it, we can build it“– which is why I spend […]
Written on: December 1st, 2010 in Job Creation
Yesterday, like most of my days, was about jobs. It was one of those days that remind you that in Delaware, every job counts and every job has a story. I started Tuesday afternoon with a lot of energy. Literally. I joined workers at NRG Energy’s Indian River Generating Plant to talk about an investment […]
Written on: November 29th, 2010 in Job Creation
This post was originally published in The Washington Post, on Friday, Nov. 26. While President Obama was navigating the tides of global commerce this month, I was in a different part of Asia, making the case, one company at a time, for the economic opportunity my small state of Delaware has to offer. Watching the […]
Written on: November 22nd, 2010 in Education, Job Creation
Helping Businesses Decide on Delaware Over the past few weeks, we’ve had some good news about jobs. Three companies – Perdue, Calpine and Mountaire – put the First State in First Place when it came to deciding where to locate. Why did Perdue AgriBusiness decide to relocate its headquarters and trading operations center in Seaford? […]