The EDGE board on Wednesday approved a tax break that will save a fast-growing Shelby County company $423,720 over nine years. The payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) also should help Logical Systems Inc. (LSI) continue to assist American manufacturers in “re-shoring” jobs. That’s the term LSI sales and marketing manager Jim Gavigan used in describing to EDGE board […]

 Perhaps I’m just getting old and grumpy, but this presidential campaign seems particularly vacuous. Take the squabble over outsourcing that has taken over the debate. This sorry saga actually begins with Mitt Romney claiming that, under President Barack Obama, China has cleaned the United State’s clock in trade and he would get tough with it […]

BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Collaborative Consulting, a consulting services firm, today announced it has completed its acquisition of SMART Consulting Firm, LLC. SMART is a boutique firm that has deep industry experience in both the buy side and sell side of the capital markets industry. SMART is a recognized expert in managed accounts, global custody, fund and […]

The stubbornly high unemployment rate is due to slow global growth, a structural mismatch between jobs and job applicants, and huge uncertainty due to political gridlock in Washington and Europe. The biggest problem right now is uncertainty about what Washington will do about the budget. Both public and private sector executives are reluctant to hire […]