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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama are the top-ranked states, respectively, in BF’s flagship Best Business Climate ranking. The reputation of Tennessee’s business climate and skilled workforce has attracted countless world-class businesses to our state. Tennessee is proud to be a right-to-work state with no personal income tax on wages.

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

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Inspired by New Urbanism design principles, the complex will include an office building that will house the new IBM Services Center, as well as a separate, 11-story residential building with 95 river-view apartments and nine separate town homes. million office building will be funded by the State of Louisiana ($14.8

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Rising stars Tennessee and Indiana, our fourth- and fifth-ranked states in Best Business Climate, show no signs of abandoning their upward mobility in this flagship category. In January 2010, Tennessee passed the First to the Top Act (FTTT). At press time, Tennessee Gov. TN is Race to the Top Leader.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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The I-69 Corridor serves industry clusters including automotive, defense, aerospace, medical devices and green technology. The Joplin area already has several back office operations that have prepared a large pool of full- and part-time workers in this industry. The Corridor offers export assistance and Foreign Trade Zones.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The new facility, which will increase Apple’s workforce in Austin to more than 6,700, will serve as the primary operations nexus for the company in the Americas outside of Apple’s global headquarters in Cupertino, CA, centralizing accounting, human resources, sales, marketing and finance. Awesome Inc.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Pennsylvania’s decision to consolidate hundreds of bridge projects into a single procurement financed by a bond fund managed by a new Public-Private Partnership (P3) should serve as a model for the rest of the country. The $722-million project is the largest private-activity bond financing of a public-private partnership in the U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Businesses that request CAPCO investment funding must meet certain criteria and requirements set by the Alabama Development Office. CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. The Research Program.

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