If you've got Foxconn fever, remember Pennsylvania's hangover

Does anyone in the Wisconsin State Capitol stirring up the Foxconn story know they came, they promised, they had Pennsylvania on a string, until
...the factory was never built. The jobs never came. “It just seemed to fade to black” after the announcement, recalled a local official. It was the start of a mystery, created by a chief executive known to promise projects all over the world that never quite pan out. Yet few people seem to notice. Foxconn and others continue to get credit for deals that never take place. In December, Pennsylvania’s economic development staff was still touting the $30 million factory that never was.

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