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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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A fter several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Aerospace & Defense Labor Market Study. percent, of which about 185,000 jobs were lost in the defense subsector. Aerospace and defense sector companies paid $7.7

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Boeing Begins Expansion Of 737 Commercial Delivery Center In Seattle

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. “I founded the King County Aerospace Alliance to foster the continued growth and global competitiveness of our region’s aerospace industry, and this expansion is great economic news for the county and our airport,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine.

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Prepare for Management Compensation and Bonus Reviews

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Even if you have not encountered any scrutiny of these issues in past years, you should expect that increased attention will be paid to these areas through the remainder of 2010 and in 2011 proposals. This applies to highway grant funds passed from a state to a local government, transit grants and airport grants.

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Bill Hagerty, Commissioner, Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development

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percent in 2010. BF: The airport in Memphis is one of the world’s busiest air cargo facilities, home to FedEx’s North American shipping hub. Our state is one of the foremost transportation hubs in the world with a network of eight interstate highways, railroads, international and regional airports, and navigable waterways.

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State Focus: Minnesota’s Formula For Success

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Minneapolis alone generated nearly 15,000 new jobs from 2010 to 2012, according to an analysis last year by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Paul International Airport. MSP International Airport offers non-stop flights to 114 U.S. to Bloomington, near the Minneapolis-St.

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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

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The North RO Plant, completed in 2010, is capable of processing 12 million gallons/and is poised to meet build-out demands. Cappadoro says Nyrstar likes the direct access that the three South Florida airports give the company to its operations in Canada, the U.S., and is projected nationally by Forbes to be the No.

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STATE FOCUS – Ohio: Slow And Steady

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percent in 2011 and 10 percent in 2010. The Marion Airport Industrial Park has shovel ready sites with access to the Marion airport. Citing seasonally adjusted estimates, Jim Glassman advises that “Ohio will add almost 97,000 jobs between November 2012 and December 2013, bringing total nonfarm payroll employment to 5.29

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