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FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results

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Rick Perry at the grand opening of Flextronics’ new manufacturing facility, which will provide final assembly and customization for Motorola Mobility’s Moto X, the first smartphone designed, engineered and fully assembled in the United States. billion project to connect West Texas wind farms with the power grid serving Dallas and Houston.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Louisiana will provide $14 million in funding over 10 years for expanded higher-education programs designed primarily to increase the number of annual computer science graduates. 1000 pound thrust; and Investments into new local capabilities including design, fabrication, and remote hot fire test capabilities for “Green” propulsion systems.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Every year, tens of thousands of people descend on the city for South by Southwest (SXSW), a nine-day stretch of festivals and conferences designed to highlight the hottest new entrants in the world of music, film and technology. serves the world’s most innovative electronics companies with analog and digital semiconductor design.

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Flying Without Altitude

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PIT sits on 12,900 acres (making it the fourth-largest airport by land in the nation, behind only Denver International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Orlando International Airport) and has the longest commercial aircraft runways in Pennsylvania at 11,500 feet.

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

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Growth rate—Fast growth, which enables economic feasibility. For example, Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix have long been hot markets, but go into those and you’re competing with every national builder, a host of strong regionals, and more locals than you can count. Diet—not finicky, easy to feed, with plentiful food. .

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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A major incentive is the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF), which is designed to expedite the development and commercialization of new technologies and to attract and create jobs in technology fields. The state offers one of the lowest tax burdens in the country (e.g., Waxahachie is located at the crossroads of Texas.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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TVA Economic Development Loan Fund: A multimillion-dollar revolving loan program designed to stimulate investment and job creation in the TVA region. 573), was enacted in 1987 to stimulate business and industrial growth in designated areas of the state that are considered economically depressed. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT .

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