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California State University Monterey Bay Otter Student Union

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Overcoming potential delays ranging from steel fabrication and permits to wildfires and the global pandemic, the three-level facility was substantially complete just two years after construction began.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Furthermore, Arizona is a right-to-work state with a very low unionization rate, one of the lowest unemployment insurance tax rates in the nation, and workers compensations rates that are much lower than the national average. In 2016, U.S.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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From New Mexico, it’s possible to reach Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Utah within one day’s trucking, and California markets in two days. The cost of transporting goods from the ports of California, for example, also is reduced by utilizing the railroads that come directly into New Mexico.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Top-ranked California, second-place finisher Illinois and no. Other partners include key locations for photonics development, including the University of Rochester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Arizona’s (UA) College of Optical Sciences (OSC) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

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PSMJ Resources Blog: MHC says starts rise in August; housing is.

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’” Data on August housing starts and building permits that the Census Bureau released on Tuesday show a mixed outlook for residential construction. from August 2010; permits, a reliable indicator of near-term single family construction, rose 2.5% “Union Pacific plans to invest approximately $3.3

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The thriving high-tech industry in Austin has made Texas the second-largest semiconductor job market after California, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The Apple facility in Texas will become one of four global operations centers for the tech giant outside of its California HQ. Youngstown, OH: Exports Engine.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The business must obtain a direct-pay sales and use tax permit from the State of Arkansas. CALIFORNIA – updated for 2014. The California Capital Access Program (CalCAP): Encourages participating banks and lending institutions to provide loans to small businesses that fall outside of conventional underwriting standards.

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