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Doubling Down in NJ

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The measure passed only after small business owners in the famous beach town, once known as the Queen resort of the Atlantic Coast, traveled up and down the state convincing voters that only casinos could save their declining city.

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State Focus: Minnesota’s Formula For Success

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The state has 18 Fortune 500 companies specializing in areas such as health care, financial services, retail and food production. Olympus, a Pennsylvania-based maker of precision surgical instruments and related products, announced plans in November to build a $37 million research, development and manufacturing facility in Brooklyn Center.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Carolinas Put Out A Welcome Mat for Business from Far East

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Crisco also traveled to China following the SEUS/Japan conference for two days to recruit companies in Shanghai and other cities in Zhejiang Province. Department store retailer Belk Inc. McCall Farms ships its products to retailers, foodservice and industrial customers throughout the United States. While in Japan, Gov.

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Flying Without Altitude

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PIT sits on 12,900 acres (making it the fourth-largest airport by land in the nation, behind only Denver International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Orlando International Airport) and has the longest commercial aircraft runways in Pennsylvania at 11,500 feet. Numerous gates at PIT have been eliminated or stand empty.

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Dan Scott, conductor of the orchestra

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That incident made news, if only because a local reporter was traveling with Effic that night. Dan and his teams finished that project so fast, Hershey’s top brass thanked them by flying them out to Pennsylvania for a banquet. A roadie later destroyed the bus one day driving back south from a concert in Chicago.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Two unique state programs are the winners of our Achievement in Public-Private Partnership awards: The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) , for its Rapid Bridge Replacement Project; and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority for the Edison Innovation Fund. and the largest road project in Pennsylvania’s history.

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FEATURE STORY: Nothing Matters More Than Talent

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More than 300 jobs are being created at the 100,000 square-foot facility, where employees will manufacture self-service point of sale terminals for retail and hospitality applications. Pennsylvania has been at the leading edge of a U.S. PA: Ahead of the Curve. The cost per training program has decreased by 84.5 percent overall.