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

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CPRT will secure private financing for the residential building, which will also be an asset of the WMF. NOLA, MEMPHIS ARE LOGISTICS LEADERS. Memphis, home to the global hub for FedEx, continued to command the top spot in BF’s Logistics Leaders (Air Cargo Hubs) metro ranking. MEMPHIS IS STILL THE WORLD’S LEADING AIR CARGO HUB.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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Examples of major logistics clusters include Memphis, home to hundreds of distribution centers and a major air freight hub with impressive land, water and rail logistics assets as well. The Memphis International Airport is home to the FedEx Superhub. He is an expert in systems optimization, risk analysis and supply chain management.

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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. Ports along the Mississippi River are in Osceola, West Memphis and McGehee. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranked Little Rock no. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Mississippi Looks To Energy Sector To Fuel Statewide Growth

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The company will move operations from its Memphis, TN, facility to the new Olive Branch location. SB 2564: Provides an energy infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund to give Mississippi communities the ability to help finance energy infrastructure for companies that invest more than $50 million in an economic development project.

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State Focus: Minnesota’s Formula For Success

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Endeavor Airlines, an executive jet line and Delta Air Lines subsidiary, moved its corporate headquarters from Memphis, Tenn., WFSI, a Sauk Rapids company that does customized welding projects for the energy and defense industries, is adding 32 new jobs in that central Minnesota community. to Bloomington, near the Minneapolis-St.