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

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via a 14,500-mile inland waterway system, six Class One railroads and a nexus of interstate highways, New Orleans is the port of choice for the movement of everything from steel, rubber and manufactured goods to commodities like coffee,” said Editor in Chief Jack Rogers. With its proximity to the center of the U.S.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The largest single capital investment commitment for a TEF project in Texas is a multi-year refinery expansion by Motiva that began in 2006. The firm has signed new 20-year contracts with two large Japanese power companies to export liquefied natural gas from the facility and is reportedly in negotiations with a U.S.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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UNFI, which was ranked by Fortune 2006-2010 and 2012 as one of its “Most Admired Companies,” also plans to open a 425,000-square-foot distribution and warehouse in Racine County this spring. Since the Site Readiness Program began in 2006, Duke Energy has evaluated 114 sites in the Carolinas. We’ve been successful.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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states with service to all six Class I railroads, and offers more than 7,300 miles of oil pipeline and 11,200 miles of gas pipeline. Minnesota also is in the process of negotiating contracts with grantees for its NextGen Energy program. So evolved is Louisiana’s pipeline infrastructure that the state’s No. times that of the Nos.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Funds may be provided for the construction and/or improvement of water lines & wastewater facilities, sewer lines, sewage treatment facilities, roadways, natural gas-line services, electric power services, railroad spurs, lighting, sidewalks and alternative power sources such as solar. Railroad Spurs. Natural Gas-Line Services.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Lenders negotiate their own fees and the USDA charges 2 percent of the guaranteed amount as a one-time fee. BIOSCIENCE DISCOVERY EVALUATION GRANT PROGRAM: Created by the Colorado legislature in 2006 to strengthen the bioscience industry and the creation of quality jobs within the state.

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