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

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) Program was created in 1934 with the goal of helping businesses in the U.S. According to the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ), in 2014, goods exported directly from U.S. The value of shipments into zones totaled nearly $660 billion, compared with $798 billion the previous year.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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Its facility includes the City Docks—located 34 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico on the Calcasieu River Ship Channel, which is 40 feet deep and 400 feet wide. Rail service is provided by Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern. Interstate 10 and Interstate 210 are within a few miles of the port.

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Ford Offers Gas When Diesel Is Too Much | ENR: Engineering News.

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Information Technology. near Kansas City. Large fleet owners typically use F-650-size trucks, which have a gross-vehicle weight rating of 26,000 lbs, for maintenance of traffic in work zones, such as cone and barrel trucks. Much information for pulse is derived from McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge. Slideshows.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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But logistics activities also include information technology jobs, operating global supply chains, tracking everything and optimizing freight movements globally, in addition to jobs in customer service and management.”. The Corridor offers export assistance and Foreign Trade Zones. Louis and Kansas City. Great Lakes U.S.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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For more information on Iowa’s workforce goals, including in-depth third-party reports, visit futurereadyiowa.gov. In fact, a 2017 joint report from the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), found Iowa to be the easiest state for companies to directly purchase renewable energy.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Through the Enterprise Zones Program business and industry can realize state incentives such as Job Creation Grants and Real Property Investment Grants, while also realizing a number of local tax and other incentives. For more information, visit www.choosedupage.com. Enterprise zone, including tax credits. 10,700-foot runway.

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