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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), bringing us back to 2003 levels. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St. The Joplin Metro area’s position for serving national markets is nearly as advantageous as Chicago or Kansas City. The report reveals that this number rose to $1.28 percent to $2.66

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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. Since opening its facility in Ak-Chin’s Santa Cruz Commerce Center in 2003, the Maricopa location of Hickman’s has been steadily growing its operations.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Louis and Kansas City urban areas. Small wind turbine manufacturers may earn a credit of $25 per square foot of rotor swept area starting in 2003. TEXAS ENTERPRISE FUND (TEF): Established in 2003 to help attract new jobs and investment to the state. Non-taxable electric producers may transfer the credits.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Research Tax Credit: Kansas offers an income tax credit equal to 6.5% No Local Income Taxes: Kansas cities and counties do not impose an earnings tax on personal or corporate income. No Kansas Franchise Tax: Kansas eliminated its franchise tax in 2011. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. FOREIGN TRADE ZONES: U.S.

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