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Plugging the Brain Drain

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for decades has had a special visa category for highly skilled workers, known as an H-1B visa, which can permit a foreign grad student to stay in the country for up to six years after receiving an advanced degree. As soon as they graduate, we throw most of them out of the country.

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Construction Marketing Secret: Architecture Billings a Leading Indicator of Construction

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Although decisions to build nonresidential structures are made by hundreds of thousands of private businesses, nonprofit institutions, and government agencies, the first comprehensive indication of planned development typically shows up on an architect’s drafting board. Financing and funding for the project also can be a factor.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Updated May 9, 2001. Jerry Brown fired the two state regulators who had overseen a 70 percent decline in state drilling permits since 2008, a notable turnaround for a state leader who in his first stint as governor in the 1970s pioneered many of California’s landmark environmental protection statutes. Last year, CA Gov.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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In 2001 the MRZ designation was renewed for the former Williams Air Force Base, now known as Williams Gateway Airport. The business must obtain a direct-pay sales and use tax permit from the State of Arkansas. Program regulations are currently being drafted to include the expanded definition for “Advanced Manufacturers.”

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