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Elio Motors Announces Vehicle Manufacturing Facility In Shreveport, LA

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To secure the project, LED offered Elio Motors an incentive package that includes the new Competitive Projects Payroll Incentive and LED FastStart® workforce development program. The Caddo Parish Commission also is negotiating potential incentives to support Elio’s redevelopment of the former GM site. The plant is in fantastic shape.

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Cruise ships and coronavirus: Ship cluster together at sea with crew still stuck on board

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Vasquez, 36, and tens of thousands of other crew members have been trapped for weeks aboard dozens of cruise ships around the world – long after governments and cruise lines negotiated their passengers’ disembarkation. Some have gotten ill and died; others have survived but are no longer getting paid.

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International Arbitration Experts Discuss The Impact On The Global Economy

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Sandra Smith Thayer, Partner, Pasich LLP, Los Angeles. Given the uncertainty that arises at the intersec­tion of international arbitration and bankruptcy, parties should consider protecting themselves against a future potential bankruptcy when negotiating arbitration agree­ments by, among other things, securing guarantors.

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British Airways could pull out of Gatwick and cut a quarter of its pilots, leaked memo reveals

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’ The club found that over the next year, customers could get a roundtrip from Los Angeles to London for $329, or a roundtrip from New York to Amsterdam for $278. He failed to secure a government bailout with his £80 million private island as collateral, reports indicate. . Advertisement.

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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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It would offer Texas with long-term access to a Pacific deep water port that is approximately 500 miles closer and much less expensive than the Port of Los Angeles. Safety and security also continue to be priorities at Port Freeport. affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell PLC regarding Shell’s potential participation in the project.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The cities of Fresno, Los Angeles, Santa Ana, San Francisco, Orange Cove, Parlier, and the counties of Imperial and Riverside have designated RCs, EZs or ECs. FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (FTZs): Secured areas legally outside of U.S. A governmental entity will issue bonds and loan the proceeds to the company.

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