VANCOUVER, WA-The region continues to maintain an unemployment rate higher than the state as a whole and the nation. Job losses in electronics and aluminum are said to be largely responsible for the situation.

BOSTON-Local hotel and convention center officials here fear that the recent terrorist attacks could have long-term implications for their industries. Hospitality industry's reliance on the faltering airline industry is another source of concern.

CONCORD, MA-An electronics manufacturing services firm scoops up roughly a half million sf of industrial space when it buys most of a bankrupt competitor's assets.

MIAMI-Registered local voters will decide in November whether to authorize a long-term lease on city-owned property for development of a $281 million mixed-use marina-hotel project.