Capital Region inventors continued to increase their share of semiconductor device-related patents issued nationwide in 2018. Last year, 1,302 of the total 25,170 semiconductor device-related patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) listed a Capital Region inventor. That means that 5.2 percent of all U.S. semiconductor innovation
In 2018, the Capital Region had its fewest number of unemployed workers in 17 years. The eight-county region averaged 21,800 unemployed workers last year – 48 percent below the peak level of unemployment in 2010, according to New York State Department of Labor data. That stark decline, however, does not
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Times Union By: Diego Mendoza-Moyers The Capital Region saw a significant jump in funding for biotech research last year from the National Institutes of Health — an increase that has allowed several local research projects to flourish into 2019, according to the Albany-based Center for Economic Growth, a regional economic development
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Accelerate Campaign Update CEG ended the year with 254 investors. Here’s the businesses that joined our Accelerate capital campaign in Q4: Curaleaf VMJR Co. Vicarious Visions CRESA Albany Troy Innovation Garage Cannon, Heyman & Weiss B&B Forest Products TCI New York Sunrise Management/Consulting/Realty Polyset Deep Blue Communications PUBG MadGlory Questar
According to the latest federal statistics on the gross domestic product of U.S. counties, the Capital Region has the third highest per capita GDP in the New York and has the state’s third fastest-growing GDP. Regional GDP The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), which measures and reports on the
The Capital Region’s biotech sector saw a 13.5 percent year-over-year increase in National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards in fiscal 2018. Between 20 firms and institutions, the region received 154 awards totaling $62 million. That was the eight-county region’s largest amount of NIH since fiscal 2013, according to a Center
