Baxter International says it will open a bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing facility east of Atlanta near I-20 . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal flies to South Korea and China on his first economic development trip to Asia . . .
Alabama shows Georgia how it’s really done when it comes to buying economic development projects — at a cost of $1.07 billion . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal appoints a “competitiveness initiative” headed by business leaders and government officials to bring more economic development to the state . . .
Nathan Deal picks Chris Cummiskey to be commissioner of economic development and decides to retain several current department heads . . .
Kudos to Carrie Teegardin for an excellent article in the Journal-Constitution detailing the state’s offer of $96 million to persuade NCR to relocate its corporate headquarters to Gwinnett County and open a manufacturing plant in Columbus.
