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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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secured a $10 million Department of Defense contract to strengthen the cybersecurity of small businesses that work with manufacturers in Louisiana. Through this major defense contract, our small businesses now have an ally in that fight, and we can provide real solutions to develop the cyber workforce of tomorrow.”.

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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A fter several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Aerospace & Defense Labor Market Study. percent, of which about 185,000 jobs were lost in the defense subsector. Aerospace and defense sector companies paid $7.7 Tax Foundation.

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Crystal Ball 2016

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One week before NJ presidential primary, Gov. Christie orders No Fly Zone over George Washington Bridge. — . — Carrie Fisher sues Disney when hacked emails reveal executives referred to her on Star Wars set as “the Death Star.” IBM’s Watson confuses Fab Four with Monkees, loses on Jeopardy.

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Remembering Ed Coene

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He served on a destroyer that patrolled the combat zone during the Korean War and then came home to take the same jobs his father had held with a coal wholesaler, engineer and sales executive. in Red Bank, NJ, Ed opened Bus Fac Publishing Co. Ed began his journey by walking a trail blazed by his father, a veteran of two World Wars.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. ENTERPRISE ZONES: Businesses located within the boundaries of an EZ are eligible for tax credits. LAMBRA zones are a companion to EZs.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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Massachusetts, New York and Maryland join NJ as states that have achieved leadership positions in solar power without the advantage of a Sun Belt location. 3 in Aerospace/Defense Industry Leaders, no. CA, TX, NY, VA, NJ ARE ESTABLISHED DATA CENTER HUB LEADERS. Here’s a sampling: no. 2 in Data Center Leaders, no.