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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Austin, TX: On Top, Still Rising. For the past couple of years, Austin, TX and Baton Rouge, LA have been duking it out for the top ranking in our flagship metro Economic Growth Potential category. Austin is now one of the nation’s top emerging high-tech cities, with more than 120,000 people employed by around 4,400 technology firms.

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Construction Issues in Limbo as Nation Awaits Election Results

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Whether those talks will resume—and result in an agreement— in an expected lame duck session also would likely be affected by the outcome of the presidential contest. The measure has strong union support. In Travis County, Texas, which includes the state capital of Austin, a funding measure for the $7.1-billion

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A glossary of terms with reference to Construction Cost Estimating

Construction Cost Estimating

Example: 223 in Boston / 187 in Austin = 1.19. To adjust a known cost in Austin to that in Boston, multiply the Austin cost by 1.19. O Open shop is a place of employment at which one is not required to join or financially support a union (closed shop) as a condition of hiring or continued employment.

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

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Austin, TX tops the list, followed by El Paso, McCallen and Houston. The Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin-Round Rock MSAs also took the top three places, respectively, in our Job Growth Leaders category, based on government statistics showing the largest percentage increase in employment. and other free-market proponents.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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The federal government and the European Union provide additional double-figure million Euro funding. Next to this, a number of Bavarian biotech companies receive grants by the European Union for their research and development projects. One recent investment was made by the biopharmaceutical company Union Chimique Belge (UCB).

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock.