Arizona Business News

Two companies that were negotiating to take over a coal-fired power plant on the Arizona-Utah line ended the effort Thursday, saying the challenges were too great.

Global tech consulting firm Infosys announced Thursday it would open a technology and innovation hub in Arizona, pledging to create 1,000 jobs by 2023.

The Navajo Nation is breaking ground on a travel center at its casino east of Flagstaff.

The East Valley Partnership said the region added 4,589 jobs in the first six months of 2018. Most of the jobs were in the business and technology sectors.

Todd Lemay heads the Tempe company that makes TerrainHoppers, specialized scooters that carry wheelchair-bound people like him across any surface.

An electric-car maker that has plans to build a factory outside Phoenix has received an injection of $1 billion from Saudi Arabia.

The Maggiore Group announced Thursday it was bringing a Sicilian Butcher craft meatball restaurant to the Chandler Fashion Center area.

Wall Street success for Tempe-based online auto seller Carvana will be paying off for employees. CEO Ernie Garcia II said he would give $35 million in stocks to workers once they pass the one-year mark with the company.

Window and door manufacturer Andersen Corporation announced it was planning to build a campus in the West Valley suburb of Goodyear, creating hundreds of jobs for the region.

APS has rolled out a program to provide free rooftop solar systems for limited-income customers. In return, participating households will get a $30 monthly bill credit.

A multi-million dollar redevelopment project at The Shops at Norterra in north Phoenix is close to completion and expected to welcome new tenants later this year.

A national insurance company has paid $83 million for more than 100 acres of state trust land in Scottsdale, officials in Arizona said.

Footprint LLC co-founder Troy Swope, a former Intel engineer, said a 135,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Gilbert will be able to churn out billions of paper straws annually.

As the battle to make grocery shopping more convenient heats up, Sprouts Farmers Market announced Wednesday it would test a curbside pickup option.

Valley travelers are getting yet another flight option, as Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport continues to expand its service.