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Feature Story: Aiming For The Top In Utah

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Herbert became Utah’s chief executive in 2009 when Gov. Taking office in the midst of the Great Recession, with unemployment in Utah peaking at 8.4 What we’ve been able to accomplish in Utah measures up as good or better than anyone out there,” Herbert told BF. Jon Huntsman was named U.S. Ambassador to China.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Life Sciences Grow High-Wage Jobs in the Beehive State

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A recent Utah Cluster Acceleration Partnership study reported that Utah’s life sciences industry grew by 25.8 In addition, each of the major subsectors of the life sciences industry is growing faster in Utah. Utah’s life sciences industry is a source of high-wage jobs. UTAH FAST FACTS. By Jonathan Sanders.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Nevada and Alabama rounded out the top five in Economic Growth Potential, followed by Utah, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Mississippi. Alignment of education, industry and government within cybersecurity, and the ability to collaborate across these sectors, presents the city’s most significant opportunity for industry development.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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For example, this year we supplemented our traditional Best Education Climate ranking with a scorecard of the states that emerged out front in the fierce competition for federal Race to the Top education funding. Texas edged out Utah, last year’s top-ranked state for Best Business Climate.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Name a growth sector—digital media, advanced manufacturing, IT/software—and Louisiana has a specific program geared to welcome new players, with a proven track record of successful startups. Nowhere is this more evident that in the unprecedented cooperation between higher education resources and business in LA.

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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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A vibrant manufacturing sector needs an equally vibrant workforce, educated in a multitude of fields from engineering to economics. Education is an important driver of advanced manufacturing growth. Oklahoma’s network of 68 higher education and advanced technological training institutions develops a prepared workforce for business.

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Advanced Manufacturing Industry: Dynamic Advancements

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And while baby boomer retirement and economic expansion are two major reasons, it is perpetuated by the lack of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) field graduates and the lack of preparation the education system offers students to verse them in mathematical and scientific concepts.