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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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home and bring 200 high-quality jobs to Middle Tennessee,” Lee said, when Mitsubishi Motors North America officials announced the automaker will relocate its headquarters to Franklin, TN from Cypress, CA. Mitsubishi Motors’ move represents an investment of $18 million in Williamson County. Lee during the governor’s trade mission to Japan.

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

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Louisiana’s capital has had great success in executing the state’s strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. Baton Rouge, LA has been named our top-ranked metro for Economic Growth Potential. space program.

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Glass Industry Takes Significant Step Towards School Safety

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In recent decades, glass has become a preferred building material for schools and educational facilities, and for good reason. The glass products that meet the new active shooter standard can become the first line of defense, buying precious time for law enforcement and other first responders to arrive on the scene.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The new facility, which will increase Apple’s workforce in Austin to more than 6,700, will serve as the primary operations nexus for the company in the Americas outside of Apple’s global headquarters in Cupertino, CA, centralizing accounting, human resources, sales, marketing and finance. Beshear.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Key centers of innovation and collaboration in Pittsburgh include Innovation Works, the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG), Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), Pittsburgh Technology Council and the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Institute.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT TAX ABATEMENTS: Gives cities and counties the ability to abate the following: Non-educational city and county sales & use taxes; Non-educational state, city and county property taxes—up to 20 years; Mortgage and recording taxes. ARIZONA INNOVATION ACCELERATOR FUND: An $18.2

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COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Our judging panel, including leading site selection consultants, evaluates the overall impact of the project and assesses the effectiveness and innovation of the location’s approach to landing the deal.

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