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Promoting Electric Vehicles as Environmental Policy or Corporate Welfare

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Maryland residents may be eligible for a one time excise tax credit, up to $3,000.00, when they purchase or lease a qualifying plug-in electric vehicle through June 30, 2017. Businesses may also qualify for the tax credit on up to ten vehicles. Another policy conundrum is that while there are 23 plug in cars available in the U.S.

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Technology Center Opens At UL Lafayette Research Park

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CGI selected Lafayette in April 2014 after a nearly two-year site-selection process that evaluated locations across the U.S. LED began discussions with CGI about a potential Louisiana technology center in August 2012, leading to an April 2014 announcement of the project. million in income annually. billion in Canadian dollars).

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FEATURE STORY: 2014 Economic Development Awards

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From the March/April 2014 issue. The focus of our 2014 Economic Development Awards is Achievement. Without further ado, here are the winners of our 2014 Economic Development Awards. This quickly expanding success story has earned the Georgia Department of Economic Development our 2014 Achievement in Cluster Development Award.

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Business Report: Garden State Growth Zones Aim to Lift New Jersey’s Cities

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From the March/April 2014 issue. It places extra emphasis on spurring development and private-sector job growth in new Garden State Growth Zones (GSGZ) identified in the legislation as the four lowest median family income cities in the state: Camden, Trenton, Passaic and Paterson. By Jonathan Sanders. headquarters.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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While the national average of per-capita income going to taxes is 9.9 In addition, Arizona’s taxes on property, gas and personal income remain low compared to the rest of the country. After leasing the U.S. percent, here the number is only 8.4 MESA: STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR TECH COMPANIES.

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New Jersey’s CCIT Helps Companies Generate Over $130M In Revenues

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Since arriving at CCIT in 2014, Aucta and its founder and CEO Shoufeng Li have enjoyed the collaborative atmosphere that incubator offers. With that critical infrastructure in place, VEESAG has started to scale up the manufacturing of its watches in order to make them widely available to consumers.

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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

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From the July/August 2014 issue. Less Taxing” since there is no state personal income tax—a key point for consideration, especially for the attraction and retention of key employees. Chief Executive magazine’s 2014 survey of CEOs ranked Florida #2 on its listing of “Best/Worst States for Business.” By Dominique Cantelme.

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