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Carolinas: Developing A Successful Workforce

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Both North Carolina and South Carolina continue to take steps to ensure their workforces are able to prepare for the jobs of tomorrow, today. Read: Carolinas: Developing A Successful Workforce at BusinessFacilities.com.

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September / October 2017 Issue (Volume 50, Number 5)

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The Rise of the Machines | The logistics industry has seen a major shortage of truck drivers over the past few years, but the rise of autonomous road transportation eventually may render this issue moot. South Carolina: Growth Leader | In Q1, York County had the highest employment percentage increase of the nation’s 346 largest counties.

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“Mitbestimmung” in Tennessee

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A showdown between the United Auto Workers and Volkswagen at VW’s $1-billion assembly plant in Chattanooga, TN could have profound implications for the future of the union, the plant and labor relations in the U.S. to offer a compromise to the autoworkers union. Now, buoyed by a brisk recovery in the U.S.

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

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Bev Perdue of North Carolina and Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina both had the same target in mind when they headed trade missions to Japan recently: bringing back the bacon for their states. billion in South Carolina since 2006. South Carolina: Global Tire Center. By Ed Felton. Bev Perdue and N.C.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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Adjacent to Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific Railroads and Interstates 20 and 49, companies at AeroPark are strategically located near some of the largest consumer markets in the South. SANTEE COOPER: READY TO POWER GROWTH IN SOUTH CAROLINA. This is what Santee Cooper delivers, every day, across South Carolina.

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Logistics: Building A Resilient Supply Chain

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Priorities are shifting as businesses adapt to the impact of the pandemic on global supply chains. Resiliency and stability are now top concerns. Read: Logistics: Building A Resilient Supply Chain at BusinessFacilities.com.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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SB 1128 builds upon the current sales tax exemption program administered by the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA) by including “advanced manufacturing” companies in industries such as biotechnology, computers, appliances, machinery, furniture, fabricated metals and transportation goods.

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