WESTBURY, NY—Denver tops the list of top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas for job creation and economic development, according to a new study by Area Development magazine.

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration has named 12 regions of the U,S. that will receive special attention under a new federal program designed to help make them more attractive to manufacturing companies.

WASHINGTON—New data from the Census Bureau indicate that manufacturing is concentrated in Midwest and South, in rural and “micropolitan” counties.