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

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From the July/August 2013 issue . CPRT will secure private financing for the residential building, which will also be an asset of the WMF. After a couple of years of neck-and-neck finishes, China has surged ahead of the United States in Business Facilities’ 2013 global ranking for Renewable Energy Investment Leaders.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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From the July/August 2013 issue. However, defense companies face an uncertain 2013. The 2013 Gallup “State of the American Workplace” study ranks our skilled labor force the most engaged in the nation. The site offers a 24/7 control tower and a fire station and is designated a Foreign Trade Zone with customs and border security.

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Tom Lyerla, the standard bearer

The Korte Company

A precedent for career goals had already been set in Tom’s family: working for the railroad. His father, a railroad engineer for the Cotton Belt Railroad. His grandfathers on both sides, railroad telegraphers. For Tom’s father, “the railroad was his life.” His uncle, a dispatcher for the Illinois Central.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The location on I-20, rail served by Union Pacific and Foreign Trade Zone #165 makes Midland a prime location for distribution and manufacturing. Safety and security also continue to be priorities at Port Freeport. Safety and security also continue to be priorities at Port Freeport.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership that secured the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF). In late 2013, Gov.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Oil and Gas Service Industry Manufacturing Credit (AS 43.20.049): As part of the More Alaska Production Act passed in 2013, this is a credit of 10% of qualified oil and gas industry service expenditures, up to $10 million per taxpayer per year. Borrowers with over 500 employees are ineligible for this program.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (FTZs): Secured areas legally outside of U.S. The company’s obligation to repay the loan is secured by a direct-pay Letter of Credit from a bank rated ‘A’ or better. corporations whose sole activities in CT are trading stocks, securities or commodities of their own account.

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