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Business Report: GEICO Expansion Brings 1,000 New Jobs To Katy, TX

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Rick Perry, the GEICO Gecko and Tara Carthew, General Manager of Geico Houston Office. We’re excited about expanding our claims operations with our new Katy office,” Nicely said. “We with more 29,000 employees in 14 major offices around the country. GEICO Chairman and CEO Tony Nicely with Gov. Photo: governor.state.tx.us.).

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(Still) Waiting for the Home Building Technology Revolution

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Yesterday an old friend called to interview me for an article he’s writing about the impact of technology on the home building industry. But despite access to an online scheduling portal from a big-name software company, most of the actual scheduling and updates were done by the field superintendent by phone. So why don’t they work? .

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Jacobs Automation Opens In Northern Kentucky

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The performance-based incentive allows a company to keep a portion of its investment over the term of the agreement through corporate income tax credits and wage assessments by meeting job and investment targets. The funds were used for prototype development and to purchase equipment and software.

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Downturn Revisited: Why Efficiency Wins Every Time

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A recent CNBC poll found “50% of companies want workers back in office 5 days a week.” The question of what actions to take also found little agreement. For the first time that night, everyone nodded agreement. I’ll tell you how to get more detail at the end of the article.). Will this reduce demand for new housing?

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The Austin Chamber of Commerce, Travis County and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism were key players in bringing the project to fruition. Last year, IBM unveiled a new 800-job technology center in downtown Baton Rouge that will provide software development and maintenance services to clients in the U.S.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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It began with a groundbreaking flexible labor agreement in 2007 between Cerberus and the United Autoworkers Union which reduced entry-level wages for new hires to less than $16 per hour (longtime union workers at Jefferson North were making $28 per hour). The post The Road to Recovery in Detroit appeared first on Business Facilities.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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In March, IBM announced a new 800-job technology center in downtown Baton Rouge that will provide software development and software maintenance services to clients in the U.S. with services that address the increasing demand for flexible software to keep up with Big Data, cloud and mobile requirements they are facing.

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