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Reconstruction of Desert Line Railroad Approved

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A new company will take over repairs and eventual operations of the Desert Line railroad, clearing the way for repairs to begin this summer and for trains to move goods made in Mexico into the United States by 2018.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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This decision bolsters the company’s footprint in Southwest Louisiana, after it announced the construction of a $1.1 Louisiana Economic Development officials estimate the project will create 1,200 permanent new indirect jobs along with 3,000 construction jobs. Generally these sites are leased.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Nissan North America Expanding in Canton, MS

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Caterpillar officials recently announced the company is locating warehousing and logistics operations in a new 540,000-square-foot facility to be constructed in Corinth, MS. The new logistics center replaces various smaller distribution facilities the company currently operates in the area through short-term leases.

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

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New construction starts in August advanced 8%,” McGraw-Hill Construction (MHC) reported on Wednesday, based on data it compiled. For the first eight months of 2011, total construction on an unadjusted basis was…down 6% from the same period a year ago.” The outlook for retail construction remains bleak. .

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Advanced Energy Deduction & Advance Energy Tax Credit: Receipts from selling or leasing tangible personal property or services that are eligible generation plant costs to a person that holds an interest in a qualified generating facility are deductible from gross receipts and compensating tax. TAX INCENTIVES.

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

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Over the next three years, the company will invest $60 million in new construction and the refurbishment of existing facilities. 1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. From the March/April 2014 issue.

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For the purposes of apportioning income, “manufacturing” excludes construction, farming, power generation, and processing natural resources including hydrocarbons. Payload” means a system, subsystem or other mechanical structure designed and constructed to perform a function in space. Five-Year Policy Changes: Year. Apportionment.