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Administration, California Agree to Build 4.6 GW of Pacific Offshore Wind

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long a project opponent, will allow leases in two areas, while state vows $20M to expedite permits, port work and floating turbine platform approvals; at least 380 turbines are envisioned. Defense Dept.,

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Black Gold Rush

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While Dakotans have been thriving up North, few states were hit harder by the national downturn than California. Last year, a State Budget Crisis Task Force headed by former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker estimated California’s long-term debt at a staggering $370 billion. Map of U.S. shale gas and shale oil plays as of May 9, 2011.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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After leasing the U.S. Additionally, Peoria by far is a low cost option for both business and workforce attraction when compared to Austin and Dallas Texas, Denver Colorado, Salt Lake City Utah, San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles California.

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

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The key to that positive change resides in the same place in California it did in North Dakota—buried more than a mile underground in the middle of a huge shale deposit. Thus far, California hasn’t dived head-first into an embrace of fracking. Source: Energy Information Administration based on data from various studies.

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FEATURE STORY: Semiconductor HUBS – Macro Growth from Micro Chips

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The industry stretches across almost every region of the country and into the majority of states from California and Texas to Florida, Massachusetts and New York. Austin is also home to California chipmaker Altera Corp., which signed a major lease in June 2011 in Southwest Austin to establish a new R&D center.

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Industry Focus: Data Centers – To Serve And Protect

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And though the community has many obvious assets, including its transportation network, fast track permitting and high growth rate, it provides something extra valuable for those in the data business. There also is a build-to-suit leasing option for development in the same area. Companies find the location on I-96, just 1.5

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. Small Producer Credit (AS 43.55.024(c)): Credit of up to $12 million per year for taxpayers incurring eligible oil and gas lease expenditures in North Slope operations.

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