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FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results

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1 rankings for Best Infrastructure, Natural Gas Production Leaders, Most FTZ Activity and Installed Wind Power Capacity Leaders. billion project to connect West Texas wind farms with the power grid serving Dallas and Houston. For the second year in a row, the Lone Star State imposed its dominance across the board. Credit: [link].

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Largest Cities (2011): Houston, 2,145,146; San Antonio, 1,359,758; Dallas, 1,223,229; Austin, 820,611; Fort Worth, 758,738. Fridays and is expanding to other cities including Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Denver, DC, Dallas and Houston. TEXAS FAST FACTS. Population (2011 Est.): 25,674,681. Pipe Mill Coming To Bay City.

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

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Jindal said the company is examining the feasibility of additional Louisiana projects that would bring the total new capital investment at its sites in the state to $1.2 Austin, TX tops the list, followed by El Paso, McCallen and Houston. billion over 10 years. With its proximity to the center of the U.S.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Fortune 500 oilfield services company Baker Hughes is headquartered in Houston and plays a critical role in the Eagle Ford Shale. It is hopeful that the feasibility study will indicate, as have preliminary analyses, that benefits of the channel project should exceed its $300 million cost.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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SGICC will use the bulk of the D2PA funds to provide grants to PA-based small companies to demonstrate the feasibility of emerging technologies, or seed funds to test and help launch ideas, and to assist in market acceptance and growth of shale energy focused products or services. times that of the Nos. Energy Information Administration.