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Global Auto Supplier Expanding In Southern Indiana

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MPG operates more than 60 facilities around the world, including additional Indiana facilities in Bluffton, Fremont, Columbus, New Castle and Remington. The city of North Vernon approved additional incentives at the request of the Jennings County Economic Development Commission.

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BUSINESS REPORT: GA Notches Record Job Growth And Investment In 2012

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Largest Cities (2011): Atlanta, 432,427; Augusta, 196,494; Columbus, 194,107; Savannah, 139,491. Foreign direct investment, which typically creates more jobs per project, accounted for 29 percent of the year’s projects. The top three projects created 4,100 jobs; expansions accounted for 64 percent of job-creating activity.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Labor Department forecasts that truck drivers will account for 43 percent of the growth in logistics jobs in the coming years. The Santa Teresa and Columbus ports-of-entry have overweight cargo zones with a six-mile radius for trucks carrying a reducible load up to 96,000 lbs. Subsequently, the U.S.