General Electric announced a new Battery factory in upstate New York. I'm sure the area needs the jobs, and this is good for the economy:

May 12, 2009 – "GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it will open a new, state-of-the-art battery manufacturing plant in Upstate New York that will serve as the main manufacturing facility for GE’s newly formed battery business. The initial investment in the factory will be $100 million. It will be located in the Capital Region and will create 350 new manufacturing jobs at GE and thousands more in the supply chain. The announcement coincides with GE’s submission this week for federal stimulus dollars from the U.S. Department of Energy."