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Business Facilities’ 10th Annual Rankings Report: Tennessee Races To The Top In Education; Alabama Takes Automotive Crown

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Filling out the top five in the magazine’s new Education: Race to the Top Leaders category were, respectively, Delaware, Hawaii, North Carolina and New York. By staying ahead of the curve (instead of grading by one), Tennessee is guaranteed a bright future.” 1 ranking in Automotive Manufacturing Strength. Mercedes-Benz U.S.

Alabama 54
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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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Under a public-private partnership (P3) agreement with Ports America Chesapeake, a 50-foot deep container berth was constructed in 2012. The cranes were also part of the agreement. Under the agreement, Ports America Chesapeake has daily operational control of Seagirt, but the state continues to own the facility.

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State Focus: Pennsylvania – Built To Advance

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For example, in July 2012, Penn State University introduced a new intellectual property (IP) agreement, allowing companies to retain the IP from their industry-sponsored research, one of only two educational institutions in the nation to take this approach.

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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).

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The allocation to each Public University which makes application shall be based on each Public University’s federally financed research and development expenditures as reported by the National Science Foundation. A business that applies for the exemption must enter into an agreement with the Governor of Alabama. The Research Program.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The business must sign a job-creation agreement under the Advantage Arkansas program within 24 months of signing the Tax Back agreement. New, full-time, permanent employees must be hired within 24 months of the date the financial agreement is signed.

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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The Corridor also is the location of the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, the hospitals of the Central Manchester Foundation Trust, several leading medical research institutes, a large cancer treatment center and the largest clinical trials unit in the world. Recently, the biotech company Philogen S.p.A.