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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups.

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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. population.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Joplin Area Rises From The Rubble And Reaches For New Heights

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The EF-5 tornado destroyed or substantially damaged 531 employers in the city and put more than 5,200 jobs at risk. At this point, 88 percent of the employers affected by the tornado have reopened and over 95 percent of the jobs have been retained. Employment in Joplin is now at pre-recession levels. A NEW VISION FOR SCHOOLS.

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How a general contractor thrives when everything in the world goes wrong

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The company also expanded outside of Michigan, taking on work in Kentucky, Georgia, Texas, Ohio and Kansas. ”We’re covering a much wider area,” he said. He also senses mobile technologies and IPads will become much more important. The meetings included the chefs, maintenance, anyone with input on the design.

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

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The Michigan Pre-Seed Fund and NextEnergy, MEDC-supported partners in technology commercialization, have fostered the growth of TM3 Systems, a developer of mobile microgrid power management systems in Royal Oak. The 190th Air Refueling Wing is one of two Air National Guard units in the Kansas Air National Guard. Far West U.S.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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We wish we could tell you that most locations are mobilizing to fix the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and dams; unfortunately, the opposite seems to be true: the United States received an overall grade of D+ in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) annual assessment, our starting point for BF’s evaluation.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Ports also play a role in national security by supporting the mobilization, deployment and resupply of U.S. employment growth. Dyersburg/Dyer County is a regional hub for employment, education, medical services and agribusiness. military forces. stay competitive with foreign manufacturers and suppliers. Located in or near a U.S.

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