• Surplus Asset Management expands to Canada, Mexico - Read Article

    Surplus Asset Management expands to Canada, Mexico

    2016-05-24T10:50:06-07:00

    Surplus Asset Management (SAM Auctions), an auction and liquidation sales firm, is expanding into Mexico and Canada, which will allow it to serve grocery, restaurant, retail and big box industries across North…

  • Here are the 2016 IMPACT Businesses of the Year - Read Article

    Here are the 2016 IMPACT Businesses of the Year

    2016-05-20T08:50:07-07:00

    The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce (GPCC) recognized eight outstanding Valley businesses at the 29th annual IMPACT Awards on Wednesday. Danzeisen Dairy and Cox Communications earned accolades as the 2016 IMPACT…

  • Avnet, ASU launch innovation lab to spark growth - Read Article

    Avnet, ASU launch innovation lab to spark growth

    2016-05-18T13:50:02-07:00

    Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a leading global technology distributor, partnered with Arizona State University (ASU) and its Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. The organizations collaborated to create the Avnet Innovation Lab, which is designed to spur economic…

  • Biopharmaceutical sector supports 4.5 million jobs - Read Article

    Biopharmaceutical sector supports 4.5 million jobs

    2016-05-18T08:45:09-07:00

    The biopharmaceutical industry supported nearly 854,000 direct jobs and another 3.5 million jobs and more than $1.2 trillion in economic output in the United States in 2014, according to new…

  • Phoenix earns presidential award for export success - Read Article

    Phoenix earns presidential award for export success

    2016-05-16T11:50:20-07:00

    U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Monday presented Mayor Greg Stanton and the City of Phoenix with the President’s “E” Award for Export Service at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The President’s…

  • Finalists named for ‘Deal of the Year’ award - Read Article

    Finalists named for ‘Deal of the Year’ award

    2016-04-20T13:50:44-07:00

    Three finalists have been announced for the award recognizing the most significant mergers and acquisitions transactions that took place in Arizona in calendar year 2015. The “Deal of the Year” is an award given…

  • Could downtown Phoenix survive without D-backs? - Read Article

    Could downtown Phoenix survive without D-backs?

    2016-04-17T10:50:51-07:00

    Call it the Arizona Diamondbacks effect. Eighteen years ago the major league baseball team moves into new stadium digs, known as cutting edge for its retractable roof and acknowledged as…

  • Arizona regulations, taxes boost economic outlook - Read Article

    Arizona regulations, taxes boost economic outlook

    2016-04-15T10:50:12-07:00

    Lower taxes, fewer regulations and right-to-work laws helped push Arizona toward the top of a report this week ranking states on their economic outlook. The annual “Rich States, Poor States”…

  • College Football Playoff has $273.6M economic impact - Read Article

    College Football Playoff has $273.6M economic impact

    2016-04-13T11:41:45-07:00

    The 2016 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship generated $273.6 million in economic impact, highest among Arizona’s eight college football title games, according to a study by the L. William…

  • Phoenix start-up GiftCard Zen acquired for $22M - Read Article

    Phoenix start-up GiftCard Zen acquired for $22M

    2016-04-08T14:15:15-07:00

    RetailMeNot, Inc., a leading digital savings destination connecting consumers with retailers, restaurants and brands, both online and in-store, announced that it has acquired GiftCard Zen Inc, a secondary marketplace for…

  • Tempe-based Ncounter plans expansion - Read Article

    Tempe-based Ncounter plans expansion

    2016-04-08T10:50:57-07:00

    Founders and former Kahala Corp. executives Kevin and Kathryn Blackwell are bringing their proven restaurant expansion experience to Arizona as their new venture, Pacific Restaurant Partners, acquired the Ncounter concept with…

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