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

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According to an annual report issued by the United Nation’s UNEP agency, worldwide investments in renewables totaled $244 billion, only the second year since 2006 that this benchmark failed to top the previous year’s tally. The airport itself has been modernized and expanded over the past 15 years with nearly $1 billion in improvements.

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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Southwest view of the Fort Lauderdale International Airport. percent by 2016—the fastest rate since 2006. Navy Federal Credit Union. Florida’s thriving financial and professional services industry is getting a boost from Navy Federal Credit Union, Verizon, Deutsche Bank and DTCC. Photo: Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance.).

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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The southwest side of Louisiana is in a strategic location with access to ports, airports, rail, the Intercoastal Canal, and America’s premier pipeline that helps to deliver industrial products across the country,” he said. The parish has a Municipal Airport with a 5,000 foot instrument landing runway capable of handling a 737 aircraft.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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In July 2012, XCOR announced the creation of its new Commercial Space Research and Development Center headquarters at the Midland International Airport. The largest single capital investment commitment for a TEF project in Texas is a multi-year refinery expansion by Motiva that began in 2006. Saudi Refining, Inc. (a

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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. Naval Air Facility in Goodyear, now known as Phoenix/Goodyear Airport, was designated as an MRZ. Right-to-Work State: Union membership in Kansas is 6.8%, well below the national average.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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An ‘aviation development zone’ is any airport in Colorado that is a public-use facility designated by the FAA in its latest National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which has registered with the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT). The taxable value is calculated at 1.5

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