Business

Manufacturing in the Inland Empire dropped significantly during October, according to data released today. The region’s purchasing managers index last month was 47.6, down from 56.2 in September, the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino reported in its monthly analysis of the Inland Empire’s …

White Castle, the fast-foot hamburger chain, is now carrying Corona-based Monster Beverage’s Monster Energy Drink at all of its locations. The partnership was announced Thursday. White Castle is one of the first restaurant chains to feature Monster Energy, one of the highest-selling energy drinks in the United State, according to …

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations broke ground Wednesday on an expansion of the Air and Marine Operations Center at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside. The facility, a multi-domain law enforcement operation that detects and observes suspicious air and ocean activity, will be enlarged by …

Esri is making its data and technology available on the IBM cloud. The Redlands-based company, a world leader in geographic information system technology, announced Tuesday that IBM customers can now use Esri maps, data and analytical services “in a secure cloud environment,” according to a statement. Esri and IBM technology …

While many people think of Halloween as the spookiest holiday of the year, the scariest thought for the local economy would be what would happen without this widely celebrated holiday. Here in the Inland Empire, there are dozens of Halloween costume retailers, and we interviewed one of the largest. In …

Riverside-based SolarMax Technology, the renewable energy company, has won a 2016 Global Innovation Award from a consortium that includes the College of Business and Public Administration at Cal State San Bernardino. The company, which installs solar panel systems, was honored recently for its work with educational clients, according to a …