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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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A fter several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Aerospace & Defense Labor Market Study. percent, of which about 185,000 jobs were lost in the defense subsector. Aerospace and defense sector companies paid $7.7

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Homeland Insecurity

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Senate—after a 15-hour filibuster led by the two senators from Connecticut, home of the Newtown school massacre—finally has agreed to vote on a measure that would bar people on the terrorist watch list from purchasing assault weapons. As this is being written, the U.S.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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In addition to the manufacturing industry and California’s small business employers, the Panel also prioritizes nanotechnology, biotechnology and life sciences, goods movement and transportation logistics, aerospace and defense, advanced IT services, multimedia/entertainment, healthcare, construction, agriculture and renewables. CONNECTICUT.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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CONNECTICUT – updated for 2014. Small Business Express Program (EXP): An innovative business assistance program created in October 2011 that provides funding and technical assistance to Connecticut’s small businesses to spur job creation and economic growth. For a list of state economic development agencies, click this link.

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