北卡罗莱纳州的夏洛特现在是仅次于纽约和旧金山的美国第三个最重要的商业银行业中心。在电影和电视节目生产方面,奥兰多排在洛杉矶和纽约之后,而且这个城市还是世界级的电子光学和激光研究中心。人们或许会惊奇地获悉,犹他州的普罗沃正以作为仅次于加州硅谷的美国第二大计算机软件工作的集中地而自豪。在从东北部和中西部这些历史悠久的权力中心大量转移的同时,构成美国新兴经济基础的各种行业,如计算机、电讯、娱乐、医药研究和金融服务等,正牢牢地扎 Charlotte, NC, is now the third most important commercial banking center in the U.S. after New York and San Francisco. Orlando is behind Los Angeles and New York in the production of movies and television shows and the city is also a world-class center for electronic optics and laser research. People may be surprised to learn that Provo, Utah, is proud to be the hub of the second-largest computer software in the United States, behind only California’s Silicon Valley. In parallel with the massive transfer of power from the northeastern and midwestern centers of these historic powers, industries such as computers, telecommunications, entertainment, pharmaceutical research and financial services that form the basis of the emerging economy of the United States are firmly anchored