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Newly Weds Foods To Invest $57 Million, Create 115 Jobs In Northern Kentucky

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Soon more retail products on grocery store shelves and prepared items on restaurant menus in North America will contain ingredients made in Kentucky.”. We appreciate the level of cooperation and assistance provided to us from Boone County, Tri-ED, the local business community up to the Governor’s office.”. John Schickel, of Union.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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It began with a groundbreaking flexible labor agreement in 2007 between Cerberus and the United Autoworkers Union which reduced entry-level wages for new hires to less than $16 per hour (longtime union workers at Jefferson North were making $28 per hour). The new contract eventually facilitated the takeover of Chrysler by Fiat.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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Rail service is provided by Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern. In an effort to expedite the needs of investors and companies searching for property to build office space, production facilities and warehouses, Entergy Corporation developed the Louisiana Site Selection Center.

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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

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Chicago’s own Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was tapped to design the institute, which features a 22,000-square-foot manufacturing floor, classrooms, offices, a cafe and an open atrium, or “town hall.” The company engineers its own tools and dies to meet exacting tolerances required by its customers. Evergreen Avenue.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Carolinas Put Out A Welcome Mat for Business from Far East

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Department of Commerce maintains offices around the globe to support export activity and to facilitate direct investment in North Carolina. will give the company 75,000 square feet of new manufacturing and office space, and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2013. Department store retailer Belk Inc.

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Serious And Funny Construction Definitions Contractors Enjoy Reading

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24 Hour Bookkeeper - Bookkeeper that sits in your office quietly, no watering, no feeding, available to work around the clock, never wastes company time surfing the web or chatting on cell phone. Engineer's Estimate - The cost of construction in heaven. Expensive - Goods or services that no matter how cheap they are; do not work.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Kansas – Diversification From The Ground Up

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Building from an agribusiness base, the state today is thriving and competitive in manufacturing, professional services and wholesale and retail trades. The first tenant, Century Manufacturing, purchased three acres in July and is building a 36,000 square-foot building to house its growing manufacturing, warehousing and office space needs.

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