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Location Focus: The Carolinas – Growth Climate Warms In The Carolinas

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In its inaugural round of innovation-related grants, the South Carolina Department of Commerce is awarding $2.4 Projects were required to address one or more goals of the South Carolina Innovation Plan. The knowledge economy represents a vital part of South Carolina’s present and future. By Shana Daley.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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ElectriCities service area. Photo: ElectriCities.). In April, South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped to 8 percent, its lowest in five years. That same month saw North Carolina’s unemployment rate fall to 8.9 A number of companies have announced expansions and/or relocations to the Carolinas in the recent past.

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South Carolina Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of South Carolina economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. This formula is advantageous for a company whose majority of sales occurs outside South Carolina. Eligibility is determined by meeting a number of specific criteria.

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My Kingdom for a Horse

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We figured incoming production metrics would give us an accurate fix on whether the traditionally dominant aero hubs in Metro Seattle and Wichita are in the process of being usurped by rising contenders in Charleston, SC and Mobile, AL. Aerospace Manufacturing sector.

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South Carolina Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The updated South Carolina incentives guide is brought to you by Real Street Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. For a list of South Carolina economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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DMDII currently works with over 300 academic, government and industry partners such as Dow, General Electric (GE), Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Microsoft, to name a few. “A We have low costs of doing business, our corporate income tax rate is the lowest in New England, the quality of life is high and cost of living is relatively low.”.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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VW is ramping up production at its new plant in Chattanooga, Nissan is rolling out the all-electric Leaf in Smyrna and General Motors has given a new mission to the former Saturn plant in Spring Hill. billion in Federal individual income taxes, and $1.9 billion in state individual income taxes. Deloitte estimates that the U.S.

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