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Gulfstream Investing $35M In Texas Expansion

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The aerospace company will expand its operations the Fort Worth Alliance Airport in Denton County, TX, creating about 50 jobs in the process. Read: Gulfstream Investing $35M In Texas Expansion at BusinessFacilities.com.

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FEATURE STORY: State of the Year – Texas

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Dallas-Fort Worth also notched a fifth place in Lowest Cost of Doing Business, among other Texas localities that proliferated in our top 10 Metros. to bounce back to pre-Recession employment levels in 2011, while most of the rest of the country was still digging out of the deep economic trench. Texas was the first state in U.S.

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Business Report: GEICO Expansion Brings 1,000 New Jobs To Katy, TX

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Whenever we hear about a major employer expanding or relocating to Texas, it affirms what we’ve been telling people all these years,” Gov. GEICO was founded in Fort Worth in 1936 to provide auto insurance to federal employees and members of the military. million in capital investment. Perry said.

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

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Four ports are located along the Arkansas River in Fort Smith, Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pine Bluff. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S. population.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Two of the leading employers, UPMC and West Penn Allegheny Health System, together account for more than 50,000 jobs. Greater Fort Lauderdale’s IT/telecom companies employ more than 50,000 people, according to recent surveys. In addition, manufacturing, transportation and service sector employment are growing at a steady rate.

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

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San Jose, CA, San Francisco and New Orleans took the top three places, respectively, in BF’s new Information Technology Employment Leaders metro ranking. TEXAS CITIES SURGE AS RECOVERY EMPLOYMENT LEADERS. No less than six Texas cities appear in Business Facilities’ new top 10 ranking of Recovery Employment Leaders.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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By December 2011, Texas employers had replaced all of the jobs shed during the recession compared with the nation’s 44 percent recovery. Midland is located in the heart of West Texas, half way between Fort Worth and El Paso. Rick Perry. The job creation capital of the nation, Texas shows no signs of stopping.

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