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Three interconnected solutions for 'saving' urban centers

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In the last three years, urban centers have been hammered by an unprecedented series of connected, compounding crises—from existential threats like the pandemic and climate change, to complex issues of safety, equity, and affordability. Signal House, Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy Gensler So how can workplace design support this?

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Holidaymakers face six-month wait for travel refunds as airlines struggle to deal with colossal backlog of claims with £7billion owed to customers

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Millions of travellers owed refunds for cancelled flights face months of chaos amid a crisis in the airline industry. Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has today cut up to 3,000 jobs but vowed to refund 25 million out-of-pocket customers – as Heathrow sees a 97 per cent drop in travellers in the last month. . By Amie Gordon .

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FEATURE STORY: A Life in Publishing – Business Facilities’ 40th Anniversary

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When he started out in 1969, Ed had a confident determination that old-fashioned shoe leather and forward-thinking ideas ultimately would be rewarded by success. Ted built upon the magazine’s established brand equity as a leading location adviser by moving into the online venue with the BusinessFacilities.com website.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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The Ivory Prize debuted in September 2018 as a way to tap a wide variety of innovative ideas for construction and design, finance, and regulatory reform nationwide. What we’re looking for are innovative ideas that have the opportunity to scale and be picked up by different markets, and we want to support them,” Abby says.

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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From the gateway in the UK, we travel across Europe and give you a progress report on the countries and locations that are doubling down on their investment in biotech growth, which our friends across the pond like to quantify in three distinct segments: Red (pharma, medical), White (industrial) and Green (nutrition technology).

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Companies must be less than 5-years old; have an annual payroll between $100,000 and $1 million; show proof of an equity investment of at least $250,000; pay at least 150 percent of the lesser of the state or county average hourly wage where the business is located; and meet requisite payroll thresholds. Employees must be Arkansas taxpayers.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The expanded Canal will permit super-sized Post-Panamax container vessels to travel directly to the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. In addition to providing equity, CI’s team works with each pre-seed company to offer advice, support and introductions to powerful connections that help develop a commercially viable business.

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