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Apple’s Austin Operations Center Claims Bronze 2012 Deal Of The Year From Business Facilities

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Apple’s selection of Austin, TX as the site for its new $304-million Operations Center is the Bronze Award winner in Business Facilities’ 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year competition. Apple gave candidate locations a three-month window in which to make their proposals.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Technology shares the spotlight with music and film at the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX. Technology innovation is happening across the country, but there is no better place to witness the revolution other than Austin, TX, home to a rapidly expanding technology industry. By Jenny Vickers. TEXAS FAST FACTS.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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Other members of the class started at the bottom as a laborer, bought the business from their boss and then flourished, one by repositioning his company to build high-performance homes and the other by expanding and opening a second office and hiring more staff. . Education • BS, Architecture, Lawrence Technological University.

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City Momentum Index Identifies The World’s 20 Most Dynamic Cities

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Technology-rich cities that took early advantage of technology trends and provide fertile environments for innovation: San Francisco (1), Austin (7), San Jose (9), Boston (17) and Seattle (18). Smaller, innovation-friendly cit ies that gained rapid momentum to achieve global position: Austin (7). GLOBAL TOP 20. San Francisco.

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Moody’s Analytics Creates Amazon HQ2 Top 10 List

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Austin, TX, followed by Atlanta, GA, and Philadelphia. Amazon would certainly be among good company in Austin: The city is home to Dell, the largest Samsung facility outside South Korea, Apple’s second biggest facility, a large IBM campus, and many smaller IT companies.

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TX Tops Cybersecurity Leaderboard, KS Surges In Wind Power

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Its proximity to advanced military operations and close collaboration between industry, higher education and the government make it a prime cybersecurity hub.”. “San Antonio is now billing itself as the Cyber City, and with good reason,” BF Editor in Chief Jack Rogers said.

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FEATURE STORY: Semiconductor HUBS – Macro Growth from Micro Chips

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In Austin, TX, Samsung is already at work in a $4 billion plant expansion in Austin. The region is now a major hub for advanced semiconductor manufacturing and research, attracting big firms, their vendors and suppliers, smaller start-ups, new education and research facilities. AUSTIN, TX: CHIP CAPITAL. for every $1.00

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