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

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Louisiana will provide $14 million in funding over 10 years for expanded higher-education programs designed primarily to increase the number of annual computer science graduates. The riverfront complex is being built on the old Advocate newspaper site bordered by Main, North, Lafayette Street and River Road. The approximately $30.5

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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An airport of entry (AOE), usually designated with the word “international”, provides customs and immigration services for incoming flights. Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) Program was created in 1934 with the goal of helping businesses in the U.S. military forces. stay competitive with foreign manufacturers and suppliers. FTZs jumped 24.8

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BUSINESS REPORT: Tennessee Initiates Site Certification Program

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With scenic swatches of pastoral landscape and urban hubs like Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee is capitalizing on its diverse markets with a new tool which, it hopes, will become an industry standard bearer. The program is not designed to favor sites in one setting over sites in another. Furthermore, Gov.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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The Midwest Inland Port is served by a Foreign Trade Zone and provides local Customs Clearing, features that are being enhanced to provide a more robust set of service offerings. The Santa Teresa and Columbus ports-of-entry have overweight cargo zones with a six-mile radius for trucks carrying a reducible load up to 96,000 lbs.

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Locations For The Food Processing Industry: The Food Puzzle

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Located in the Elliot Road Technology Corridor, production is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2018. Designed by The Poggemeyer Design Group of Bowling Green, OH, the warehouse featured several elements that optimize energy efficiency while minimizing operating cost, as well as long-term maintenance cost.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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As a designated Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), Oswego County is designed for the convenient and cost effective production of goods. Depending on your location, you could tap into nearly limitless water from Lake Ontario or access up to 10,000,000 gallons available daily from the designated water authority.