Intelligent Community Forum has named the 21 locations shortlisted for its Intelligent Community of the Year, 2015 award.

China, the UK and Germany emerged as the most attractive locations for investors in a survey by US-based location marketing firm, Development Counsellors International.

US cities are starting to recover from the 'great recession', which started in 2008, but, according to the speakers at a recent National League of Cities press conference, an infrastructure deficit is holding them back from further growth.

A study by financial advisory SmartAsset ranks Omaha, Nebraska as the best city in the US to launch a technology company.

Officials have united under the auspices of the Coalition for Green Trade to call for barriers to be removed on environmental technologies. 

The chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai says that China still has a great deal to offer US investors, though admits to some flash points regarding US companies purchasing up-and-coming Chinese brands.

AT Kearney's annual Global Services Location Index for 2014 reports upon a reassessment of outsourcing strategies and the possibilities for a 'no location' workforce.

The US Department of Energy's $12.5bn network of research and development labs are not fulfilling their full potential, according to Mark Muro, a senior fellow and director at US think tank Brookings' metropolitan policy programme.

According to the latest Index of Economic Freedom, compiled by US-based conservative think tank Heritage Foundation and newspaper The Wall Street Journal, a number of countries, particularly those in the Middle East, saw economic freedoms decline compared with last year.

On a recent visit to the US, Burkina Faso's president, Blaise Compaoré, set out his plans to court US private investment.