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GRESB Purchased from GBCI in advance of ESG Breakout

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GRESB was established in 2009 as the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark by three pension funds who wanted to assess and benchmark the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and other related performance of real assets, providing standardized data to capital markets. GRESB data covers US $5.3 trillion (.

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Stimulus package now below $800 billion

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House and Senate negotiators have agreed to lower the economic stimulus bill to $789 billion in an attempt to reach a compromise between the bills that each side has approved in recent weeks, according to an Associated Press article. That timeline coincides with a scheduled formal meeting of House and Senate negotiators.

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Senate passes stimulus package

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Just three Republicans helped pass the plan on a 61-37 vote, but with the Senate bill costing $838 billion, the House and Senate must now negotiate a final compromise on the bill before sending it to the president. According to numerous reports, negotiations between the House and Senate actually started before the Senate voted on the package.

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. “This refers, in particular, to the development of oil and gas fields, the use of the Northern Sea Route as the shortest cargo transit route between Europe and Asia, and the development of industrial, transport and tourist infrastructure.”

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Autocar Chooses Alabama For $120M Investment

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After months of negotiations under the project name Sunrise, it is my distinct honor, on behalf of the entire commission, to formally welcome Autocar to Jefferson County,” said Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington. The company will occupy the former Meadowcraft building on Pinson Valley Parkway, which has been empty since 2009.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Site Location Factors For Automotive Suppliers

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During the 2008-2009 period, annual U.S. units in 2009 as shown in Figure 2. Example costs include land acquisition; site preparation; geotechnical or environmental remediation; utilities; drainage and transportation infrastructure; permitting and tap fees; construction costs. 8) Value of Incentives. Great Lakes U.S.

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Phantom Payouts

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Many locations adhere to statutory incentives, with legally mandated conditions, and avoid discretionary incentives, which are negotiated for a particular deal. So the federal bailout of General Motors, the restructuring of the company, the shedding of aging plants and GM’s subsequent investment of $7.3

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