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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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The TNECD website summarizes Tennessee’s approach to business climate with this credo: “We believe in high expectations, low debt and a pro-business regulatory environment. Our state and local tax burdens are among the lowest in the country, and our state budget operates with a healthy surplus rather than a deficit.”.

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Flying Without Altitude

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The Landside/Airside design by Tasso Katselas Associates eliminated the need for connecting passengers to go through security again and simplified the movement of jets on the airfield. According to the Times report, about 42 percent of the annual operating budget at PIT goes to serving the airport’s debt.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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A retreat in the public markets in 2011 resulted in overall financing levels that are back to those seen in 2008, reflecting the continuing struggles of the Eurozone countries over the sovereign debt of some member countries. It has been endowed with a budget of 2.75 NBAF Bio-Defense Lab Moves Forward In Manhattan, KS.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Loan proceeds are to be used for working capital, inventory, equipment purchase, and real property improvements but cannot be used for refinancing of existing debt or outstanding debt payments. FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (FTZs): Secured areas legally outside of U.S. The program ends December 2016.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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million loan participation program fostering business expansion and job creation in Arizona by providing debt financing for small businesses (in collaboration with private finance partners). The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association tracks the weekly average municipal interest rate from 2000 to current. TAX INCENTIVES.

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Sequestration Nation

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The run-up to Washington’s latest manufactured budget crisis closely follows the script for a generic Road Runner cartoon. In the sequester cartoon unfolding in our nation’s capital, the budget safe falls off the Washington Monument and everything gets squashed, including the U.S. goes down to investigate.