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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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K nown as the Sunflower State, Kansas boasts a highly skilled workforce, outstanding infrastructure, low operating costs and a location in the heart of America. Leaders in these sectors and in many others have decided that the best place to invest in their future growth is Kansas. That capacity places Kansas in the top 10 in the U.S.,

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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The Aerospace/Defense industry reported its third consecutive year of record revenue and profit last year. The uptick came on the strength of a surging commercial aviation market that more than offset a soft defense performance. For 2012, the top 100 Aero/Defense companies reported a record-setting $695 billion in revenue and $59.8

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Crystal Ball 2013

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Supreme Court strikes down Voting Rights Act, rules union members get 3/5ths vote. ” – SEC sanctions Mets for insider trading, says team failed to disclose missing fingers when it shipped Mr. Met to Kansas City for a mascot to be named later. Treasury, demanding it stop using his likeness on pennies. – U.S.

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Crystal Ball 2013

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Supreme Court strikes down Voting Rights Act, rules union members get 3/5ths vote. ” – SEC sanctions Mets for insider trading, says team failed to disclose missing fingers when it shipped Mr. Met to Kansas City for a mascot to be named later. Treasury, demands it stop using his likeness on pennies. – U.S. – U.S.

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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. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Kansas gusts up two notches into third place, despite a Koch Bros.-financed Herbert’s economic development effort has been built around six strategically targeted growth clusters, including aerospace/defense, life sciences, IT/software, energy, finance and outdoor products/recreation. 2 at 26 percent). Herbert told us. Far West U.S.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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The federal government and the European Union provide additional double-figure million Euro funding. Next to this, a number of Bavarian biotech companies receive grants by the European Union for their research and development projects. One recent investment was made by the biopharmaceutical company Union Chimique Belge (UCB).

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