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Feature Story: Aiming For The Top In Utah

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Herbert became Utah’s chief executive in 2009 when Gov. Taking office in the midst of the Great Recession, with unemployment in Utah peaking at 8.4 What we’ve been able to accomplish in Utah measures up as good or better than anyone out there,” Herbert told BF. Jon Huntsman was named U.S. Ambassador to China.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Life Sciences Grow High-Wage Jobs in the Beehive State

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A recent Utah Cluster Acceleration Partnership study reported that Utah’s life sciences industry grew by 25.8 In addition, each of the major subsectors of the life sciences industry is growing faster in Utah. Utah’s life sciences industry is a source of high-wage jobs. UTAH FAST FACTS. By Jonathan Sanders.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Nowhere is this more evident that in the unprecedented cooperation between higher education resources and business in LA. It’s no surprise that Utah and Texas, two of the business-friendliest states in the nation, round out the top three in our Best Business Climate ranking. funding in the first three years of the program.

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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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A vibrant manufacturing sector needs an equally vibrant workforce, educated in a multitude of fields from engineering to economics. Education is an important driver of advanced manufacturing growth. Oklahoma’s network of 68 higher education and advanced technological training institutions develops a prepared workforce for business.

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Advanced Manufacturing Industry: Dynamic Advancements

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And while baby boomer retirement and economic expansion are two major reasons, it is perpetuated by the lack of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) field graduates and the lack of preparation the education system offers students to verse them in mathematical and scientific concepts.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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Its goal is to coordinate companies, research and education institutes to foster collaboration and innovation. LabPMM, San Diego California, opened its German diagnostics Laboratory and Myriad Genetics, Salt Lake City, Utah, set up its central European laboratory in a new building in Martinsried. Other (11 percent).

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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Taking advantage of that strong educational and training foundation is the new BRIDG (Building the Innovation Development Gap) facility at NeoCity in Osceola County. The excellent support we have received from Bay County EDA, Governor Rick Scott’s office, higher educational partners and The St. Photo: Enterprise Florida).