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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 Sunset Route, the 760-mile Union Pacific corridor between the ports of Los Angeles and El Paso, is an important transcontinental route for goods and business. Subsequently, the U.S.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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However, utilities have set voluntary goals to have renewable energy account for 10 percent of their electricity by 2020, most coming from wind power. is the global leader in geothermal capacity with 3,386 MW, which accounts for 3 percent of the renewable energy-based consumption in the U.S. First Solar Inc.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Pauken is the chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission. The campus will more than double the size of Apple’s workforce in Texas over the next decade, supporting the company’s growing operations in the Americas with expanded customer support, sales and accounting functions for the region. billion, up 20.7 percent from $206.9

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