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

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Austin’s 30-year software and semiconductor industry has proven to be a strong foundation for some of the newer-generation companies. We’ll be working closely with local organizations including the Kauffman Foundation, KCnext and the University of Kansas Medical Center to help develop the gigabit applications of the future.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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The expansion consists of five new projects and will add up to 1,050- MW of wind generation in Iowa by the end of 2015. The foundation work for the Highland turbines started last fall and should be done by the end of the year, with the turbines and the more than 650 blades set to go up by the end of 2015. The project is part of a $1.9-billion

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‘I feel a lot better than I sound’: Val Kilmer opens up about his battle with throat cancer and his love life and admits he’s actually ‘very shy’ despite his famous former girlfriends that include Cher, Cindy Crawford and Angelina Jolie

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I’ve tried to live a quiet life out in New Mexico despite all my famous girlfriends of the past,’ Kilmer said, referring to Cher, Cindy Crawford and Angelina Jolie. . Now they fell in love and married in New Mexico and honeymooned on Marlon Brando’s island in Tahiti.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. Small Producer Credit (AS 43.55.024(c)): Credit of up to $12 million per year for taxpayers incurring eligible oil and gas lease expenditures in North Slope operations. The Research Program.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. The program offers the following incentives: Transaction Privilege Tax Exemption (TPT Exemption) on purchased qualifying equipment and leased or rented qualifying equipment. TAX EXEMPTIONS.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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If GSA, as the “landlord of the federal government,” were to require or use something else, it would add cost to the building and leasing process across the building industry. Green Education Foundation (GEF). Green Hive Foundation. American Architectural Foundation. Foundation Communities. Turner Foundation.