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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 lab’s computing technologies will include mobile computing, cloud computing, and high-performance computing, the city said. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Pat Quinn, Sen.

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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“Eleven million people in this country are paying more than half of their income for rent, and these are low-income people,” says Richard Burns, CEO of the NHP Foundation, a national not-for-profit provider of affordable housing. Many of these people are one medical bill or one car breakdown away from being homeless,” Burns adds.

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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. PROJECT OVERVIEW. $30

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Michael Finney, President And CEO, Michigan Economic Development

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MF: The program is open to virtually all business expansions with the exception of retail and retention projects. Newell Rubbermaid’s plans for a new center came to a choice between Chicago and Kalamazoo. The post-Recession world is focused on living within our means and maximizing profit margins by holding down costs.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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These programs have resulted in substantial upward mobility for current and new Broward County residents, while providing substantial returns on investment to local municipal partners through the generation of new revenue as a result of capital investments. Less Taxing,” aired for six months in the NY/NJ/CT, Boston and Chicago markets.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The expansion includes retrofitting their main fab to logic chips to supply mobile and tablet production. Along with new renovations, Samsung’s Austin Research Center also grew its presence with about 200 engineers dedicated to design and development of the latest technologies for mobile application processors. Samsung Electronics Co.,

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FEATURE STORY: Nothing Matters More Than Talent

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“We have addressed this issue with the creation of Phase 1 of the Alabama Robotics Technology Park in North Alabama (Tanner) and the Maritime Training Center in South Alabama (Mobile).”. based production facility at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Alabama, creating as many as 1,000 new high-skilled jobs. aerospace industry.