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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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percent in 2012, the industry’s delicate balance between supply and demand will likely be disrupted due to new regulations. The Midwest Inland Port is served by a Foreign Trade Zone and provides local Customs Clearing, features that are being enhanced to provide a more robust set of service offerings. Total tonnage declined 2.2

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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It is here that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforces the import and export laws and regulations of the U.S. 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.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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The best thing the government can do is stay out of the way, stop proposing rules and regulations that create hurdles toward greater capital investment and focus on policies that help retailers provide increased income and job stability for their employees.”. Investment Zones & Distinct Communities. Cape Coral ranks No.

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IEER Report: Small Modular Reactors a “Poor Bet” To Revive Failed Nuclear Renaissance in U.S.

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The IEER report has implications for SMR companies headquartered—or with planned test sites—in Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Reducing security requirements, the plant exclusion zone, and the 10-mile emergency planning zone are other industry regulatory goals for SMRs.”

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Lessons in Defensive Driving

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Follow our speed limit and other regulations. However, driving in heavy traffic during rush hour or through construction zones while chatting or texting with your office, a customer, a friend or your spouse is an unnecessary hazard to yourself and other drivers on the road. Novice drivers are banned from texting in Missouri and Texas.

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Lessons in Defensive Driving

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Follow our speed limit and other regulations. However, driving in heavy traffic during rush hour or through construction zones while chatting or texting with your office, a customer, a friend or your spouse is an unnecessary hazard to yourself and other drivers on the road. Novice drivers are banned from texting in Missouri and Texas.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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To receive an abatement for property taxes, a project must meet certain qualifications and follow certain procedures, as determined by law and regulation. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The property tax abatement is available for up to 10 years, except for data processing centers.

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