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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Bill Lee has cited TN’s business-friendly environment in several recent project announcements. This expansion in Jackson underscores the ripe environment for job creation and investment we’ve fostered here in Tennessee,” Rolfe said at the project announcement. The center will ultimately employ up to 2,000 associates. billion.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman said he’s in awe of Boeing’s expansion plans. South Carolina offers us an excellent business environment with a dedicated and skilled workforce. Manufacturing continues to be a real wealth and job creator across South Carolina,” said Hitt. Also announced in May was Aqua City Inc.’s

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Managing the Process of Innovation - ENR - McGraw-Hill Construction

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Environment. Managing the Process of Innovation. Since 2010, Skanska has invested in an organization whose sole purpose is to create a culture of innovation and actively manage the innovation process. This organization helps foster a culture of innovation. Innovation is often born from diverse thought.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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Locations are bringing higher ed resources and high-tech businesses together to plant the seeds for market-ready advanced technology at incubators and innovation institutes, and to create the STEM-savvy workforce that will fill these new jobs. Chicago is rising up in ranks to become the next big place for technology innovation.

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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. They come to us with different ideas—the president of Poland or the governor of North Carolina, they’re visiting us every day,” he said. “We

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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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. Beshear.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Our 2016 awards include recognition for the locations that have led the way in smart-grid modernization, innovative funding for infrastructure projects, renewable energy breakthroughs and new tools for supporting startups and entrepreneurs. The Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority approved the program last year.

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