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This city will be on Amazon's short list for second headquarters: expert dealmaker

  • Phoenix Business Journal

ASU President Michael Crow and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council will lead the regional bid for Amazon.

Benchmark Electronics selects Tempe, Arizona for new headquarters location

  • PR Newswire

"ASU's partnership with Benchmark is an example of universities and corporations working together to foster an innovative ecosystem that benefits students, businesses and communities," said Sethuraman Panchanathan, executive vice president of Knowledge Enterprise Development and chief research and…

Hitting the catwalk: How Phoenix fashion is trying to break into the big leagues

  • Phoenix Business Journal

Arizona State University debuted a fashion degree this fall. The Fashion and Business Resource Innovation Center — known as FABRIC — in Tempe has been supporting designers since opening in October 2016.

2017 WM Phoenix Open pumps $389M into Arizona's economy

  • AZ Big Media

The 2017 Waste Management Phoenix Open Presented by The Ak-Chin Indian Community pumped $389 million into Arizona’s economy according to an economic impact study released by the Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business.

Phoenix is transforming from a call center hub to a tech hotbed

  • Venture Beat

Another reason why companies are choosing this market is the amount of talent being produced by the higher education institutions in Arizona. For three years in a row, Arizona State University has been named the No. 1 most innovative university in the nation, beating out Stanford and MIT.