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The Travel & Tourism Game

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percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Domestic travelers accounted for $933 billion of the 2018 total (86 percent of the total travel expenditures). By the BF Staff. From the July/August 2019 Issue. A ccording to the U.S. Travel Association, 2.9 reached $1.1

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Snow-capped mountains and tranquil lochs: The stunning best entries in the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, with a frontline doctor declared the overall winner

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He said: ‘March 2018 saw wild Arctic blasts sweeping across the country. The runner-up spot in the monochrome award went to Waldemar Matusik, who captured this stunning image of the Union of South Africa at Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway Station. He described it as an ‘extraordinary winter’s afternoon’ .

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BUSINESS REPORT: Carolinas Put Out A Welcome Mat for Business from Far East

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It’s a tribute to the productivity of our employees and the pro-business environment in South Carolina that the company is expanding its Earthmover capacity in the state where we first began manufacturing in the United States.”. South Carolina has the right business environment for us and has the skilled workforce we need.

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Paul Robinson on the Role of ConstructReach in Workforce Development 

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Paul Robinson founded ConstructReach in 2018 to create events and a social network for educating young people, teachers, and parents about opportunities in construction. PB: Are contractors and unions more open to being recruited and participating? We know you have union and non-union and we have to hear from both sides.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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It’s an environment where people are looking to enhance and augment ideas. Employees are able to find work environments they enjoy and contribute toward new technologies. From furniture to conference room time, WeWork provides an innovative environment to do business. Austin’s talent is famously “sticky.”

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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Family Trust Federal Credit Union was one of the first businesses to open their new headquarters at Knowledge Park. The facility’s paperless, digitally-enabled production environment incorporates rapidly-reconfigurable production lines and advanced test capability. Photo: Mike Baker). Amazon’s new 2.4

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BUSINESS REPORT: Regional Utilities Are Busy Powering Growth In The Carolinas

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million to help fund projects in Florence County and the city of Union. Union County is constructing a 60,000-square-foot spec building and an adjacent 60,000-square-foot expansion pad in Union Commerce Park, which also has several industries in place. Local investment in the project comes from the county and the city of Union.