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Working From Home Could Bring 2 Million Buyers Into the Market

Pro Builder

But the ongoing pandemic has shaken up how workers and their employers alike think about the relationship between work and home. If telework becomes more of a norm, and businesses allow it where possible, this could give millions of Americans more choice over their home and home finances. They landed on 1.92 million, a total of 4.5%

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BUSINESS REPORT: Ontario Unveils Plans To Achieve An Energy Balance

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Key elements of the LTEP include: The government will work to make new financing tools available to consumers starting in 2015, including on-bill financing for energy efficiency retrofits. Cisco and the Ontario government recently announced an agreement that could see the San Jose, Ca.-based

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

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CPRT will secure private financing for the residential building, which will also be an asset of the WMF. San Jose, CA, San Francisco and New Orleans took the top three places, respectively, in BF’s new Information Technology Employment Leaders metro ranking. TEXAS CITIES SURGE AS RECOVERY EMPLOYMENT LEADERS.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 2011: Businesses with 50 or fewer employees may receive a one time income tax credit equal to $1,000 per new job paying over $10 per hour.

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Tiny overall gains, mixed sectoral results mark latest construction jobs, spending data

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In May, seasonally adjusted “nonfarm payroll employment changed little (+54,000), following increases that averaged 220,000 in the prior 3 months,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. Construction employment was essentially unchanged in May. Construction employment was essentially unchanged in May.

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COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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The new facility, which will increase Apple’s workforce in Austin to more than 6,700, will serve as the primary operations nexus for the company in the Americas outside of Apple’s global headquarters in Cupertino, CA, centralizing accounting, human resources, sales, marketing and finance. The company’s 2011 revenue was $13.9

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