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

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San Jose, CA, San Francisco and New Orleans took the top three places, respectively, in BF’s new Information Technology Employment Leaders metro ranking. Raleigh, NC, Austin and Las Vegas topped our list of Fastest Growing Cities, while Ann Arbor, MI, Green Bay, WI and Bakersfield, CA were cited as Emerging Financial Centers.

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Homeland Insecurity

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Your grandma no doubt met a few of them when she was frisked and told to throw away her bottle of shampoo at the airport. The Orlando shooter was not on the watch list, and the terrorists who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, CA in December had an accomplice buy their weapons for them. While the $3.5 billion in funding for them.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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After more than 18 years of planning, work finally began in late January on a new, 8,000-foot-long runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Runway 9R-27L, located on the south side of the airport and running parallel to Griffin Road, is now being rehabilitated and lengthened. defense contracts.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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According to reports, a battle for mineral rights is now underway in the scenic vineyards of Hames Valley near Bradley, CA. Last year, CA Gov. Aerojet, a major space and defense contractor also based in Folsom, has a corporate mandate for sustainability in all areas of its organization. gigawatt hours of electricity a year.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ETP job training funds are available to all CA manufacturing companies, companies that face out-of-state competition and businesses that are expanding or relocating to California from other states or countries. Employers make decisions about their own training programs. BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING GRANT PROGRAM: The Dept.

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