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Gogo To Relocate Headquarters And Expand In Chicago, IL

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Gogo, an in-flight connectivity company, will move its corporate headquarters and commercial aviation business to Chicago, IL. However, Gogo ultimately chose Chicago so it could tap into the city’s extensive talent pipeline, access domestic and foreign partners and benefit from its thriving technology community. Great Lakes U.S.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. The Digital Lab will apply computing technologies to address the manufacturing challenges faced by the Department of Defense. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. Sheffi is a professor of Engineering Systems and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL).

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Hunt Transport, ABF Freight System, P.A.M.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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All have ready access to major transportation infrastructure, energy, water and zoning that meets the industry needs of advanced manufacturing, information technology and bioscience companies. In addition, it is also focused on helping companies that conduct business with the department of defense diversify their business.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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CHICAGO EXEC ANCHORS WHEELING. The Village of Wheeling’s manufacturing base is anchored around its general aviation airport, Chicago Executive Airport, the third busiest in Chicagoland. Chicago Executive Airport serves as a hub for business and industry and as a logical magnet drawing businesses to the area.

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My Kingdom for a Horse

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One look at photos the National Transportation Safety Board took of the battery container from a Jan. LOT Polish Airlines absorbed the embarrassment this week, just as it was showing off its new 787 service between Warsaw and Chicago.