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Assorted Links Tuesday

Tracking the price of nails since 1695, rick-rolling with drones, unemployment, economic diversity and more.

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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Assorted Links Tuesday
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Tracking the price of nails since 1695:


Goodbye fireworks, hello drones: 300 drones formed a QR code that rick-rolled Dallas:


Advanced manufacturing: What it is and why it’s worth investing in.


Headquarters relocation projects: A complex site selection process.


How the Middle Market is bouncing back: New research from Capital One discovers the middle market's optimistic expectations after a difficult 18 months.


Unemployment near a record low, Openings near a record high:


Economic diversity across the United States of America: The Economic Diversity Index for all counties and metropolitan statistical areas in the United States. How economically diverse is your county?

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