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Race to a Smart Future

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metro to fully integrate innovative technologies—self-driving cars, connected vehicles and smart sensors, among other advances—into its transportation network. With an open platform, the city would create new uses for different modes of transportation, improve safety information and boost mobility options for underserved neighborhoods.

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Seven Finalist Cities Chosen For Smart City Challenge

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USDOT has pledged up to $40 million to one city to help it define what it means to be a “Smart City “and become the country’s first city to fully integrate innovative technologies – self-driving cars, connected vehicles, and smart sensors – into its transportation network. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge.

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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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How to Get Better Options in Today’s Hard Insurance Market

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They work with construction clients to bridge the gap between their liabilities and protecting their assets while bringing innovative vision to insurance broking to solve a company’s risk challenges. Cobbs Allen is an independent, national agency focused on risk management in niche practice groups. The firm is owned and led by its employees.

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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. The area also has the second-highest concentration in the U.S.

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How to Step Up Your Game on Loss Control & Claims Management

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They work with construction clients to bridge the gap between their liabilities and protecting their assets while bringing innovative vision to insurance broking to solve a company’s risk challenges. Cobbs Allen is an independent, national agency focused on risk management in niche practice groups. The firm is owned and led by its employees.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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The Santa Teresa and Columbus ports-of-entry have overweight cargo zones with a six-mile radius for trucks carrying a reducible load up to 96,000 lbs. New Mexico has three ports of entry bordering Mexico, all overseen by the New Mexico Border Authority with varying degrees of service: Santa Teresa, Columbus and Antelope Wells.