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Lassoing Jobs in Texas

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While the rest of the nation was still mired in the depths of the worst Recession in our lifetimes, Texas blew past its pre-recession employment level with a diversified growth strategy that combined high-tech success in everything from semiconductors to solar panels with traditional strength in the resurgent oil and gas sectors. .

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LOCATION FOCUS: Indiana — More And More Roads Are Leading To “The Crossroads Of America”

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Since 2001, the number of jobs in the U.S. Less than a day’s drive from New York, Chicago, St. The area’s quality of life and existing employers in fields such as bioscience, medical devices and motorsports have drawn highly skilled workers. has grown by just 3.2 During that same time period, Hendricks County has seen an 82.9

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

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A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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economy into its worst quarter since the Great Depression, with unprecedented declines in gross domestic product, employment, consumer confidence, retail spending, and just about every other metric. . . There have been four “official” recessions since 1980, and Jeff Benach, co-principal at Lexington Homes , in Chicago, has endured them all.