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Great Leap Forward

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The United States—with the best university system in the world supplying the brainpower for the most-advanced labs—has serenely assumed that its status as the global technology leader would not be challenged in our lifetimes. But the Chinese, descendants of a 5,000-year-old empire, take a much longer view.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Arizona offers one of the lowest costs of doing business in the United States, primarily because of low taxes and small state government. Boasting a population of nearly 500,000, Mesa is the 36th largest city in the United States and second largest in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area. percent, here the number is only 8.4

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State Focus: Minnesota’s Formula For Success

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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. Greater MSP boasts a significant health and life sciences community with over 600 companies and the 2nd highest concentration of life science workers in the United States.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Because Lowe’s chose to expand in Mecklenburg County, classified by the state’s economic tier system as Tier 3, the company’s JDIG agreement also calls for moving as much as $18 million into the state’s Industrial Development Fund/Utility Account. Iowa, Oklahoma, California and Kansas fill out the top five, respectively.

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

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Now we will build a factory in the United States for the first time. Phil Bryant and the State of Mississippi for their dedication in bringing this to fruition. percent for oil and gas produced in the State using carbon dioxide as a method of enhanced oil recovery (EOR). “Since our entry into the U.S. 2010 standard.

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

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million office building will be funded by the State of Louisiana ($14.8 CPRT will secure private financing for the residential building, which will also be an asset of the WMF. automotive industry, the United States (10.3 totals benefit from production at Japanese transplants in the United States.

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Advanced Manufacturing Driving Pittsburgh’s Economic Growth

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The investments we’re seeing run the gamut from startups and entrepreneurial ventures to legacy industries, such as manufacturing and finance. With state-of the-art technology, Fischione Instruments operates from its 24,000-square-foot facility located 25 miles east of the city of Pittsburgh.