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Owners Can Get Cake and Icing Under New Tennessee Lien Law

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Owners in Tennessee are celebrating a new law recently passed because they may get their icing, too! Although they both got to choose their own family dinner destination, we are going to have one huge cake this weekend…with tons of icing! 4) Any actual damages incurred by the owner.

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LeMond Composites To Make New Carbon Fiber In Tennessee

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LeMond Composites has secured a licensing agreement with ORNL which will make it the first company to offer this new high-volume, low-cost carbon fiber to the transportation, renewable energy, and infrastructure markets. Considering Tennessee for your company’s relocation or expansion project? Image: TNECD.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama are the top-ranked states, respectively, in BF’s flagship Best Business Climate ranking. The reputation of Tennessee’s business climate and skilled workforce has attracted countless world-class businesses to our state. Tennessee is proud to be a right-to-work state with no personal income tax on wages.

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Two-Way Street

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is getting the short end of the stick from free trade agreements, losing jobs to overseas producers who flood America with subsidized imports. Bush and Al Gore were arguing over whether to stick our last budget surplus in a “lockbox” to keep Social Security solvent or to give wealthy Americans huge tax breaks.

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Alcoa To Expand Automotive Sheet Capacity In Blount County, TN

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The Continuous Cold Mill tower at ALCOA’s North Plant in Alcoa, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern United States. Tennessee Gov. I want to thank Alcoa for its new investment in East Tennessee and for 100 years of incredible service in Blount County,” Haslam said. The tower was built in 1987. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.).

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing 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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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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Using these criteria, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Indiana and Georgia took the top five slots in Best Infrastructure, respectively. Tennessee, home to Nissan, Volkswagen and General Motors assembly hubs, has emerged as our Automotive Manufacturing Strength champ for an unprecedented fourth year in a row. International Inc.’s