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

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billion project to connect West Texas wind farms with the power grid serving Dallas and Houston. Passage of this constitutional amendment will help Texas secure a sustainable and reliable water supply.”. Perry has supported pilot projects to assess the feasibility of large-scale seawater desalination plants on the Texas Gulf Coast.

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

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A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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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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national security concern has been reducing our dependence on foreign oil. The developer, Houston-based Clean Line Energy, is awaiting approval from regulators in Iowa and Illinois before going ahead with the direct current line. Ever since the oil shocks of the 1970s, a primary U.S.