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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Bill Hagerty, Commissioner, Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development

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Tennessee’s strength in transportation and logistics offer unparalleled access to all markets within the U.S. BF: The airport in Memphis is one of the world’s busiest air cargo facilities, home to FedEx’s North American shipping hub. BH: Tennessee has a distinct competitive strength in transportation and logistics. Far West U.S.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Hunt Transport, ABF Freight System, P.A.M.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Mississippi Looks To Energy Sector To Fuel Statewide Growth

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Mississippi’s prime location, well-integrated transportation network and welcoming business climate are garnering notice globally. The company will move operations from its Memphis, TN, facility to the new Olive Branch location. The state has announced several major economic development projects in the first two quarters of 2013.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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NOLA, MEMPHIS ARE LOGISTICS LEADERS. Memphis, home to the global hub for FedEx, continued to command the top spot in BF’s Logistics Leaders (Air Cargo Hubs) metro ranking. Harlingen TX, McCallen TX, Norman OK, Ardmore OK and Memphis TN were the top five metros in our annual ranking for the Lowest Cost of Living. GLOBAL RANKINGS.

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State Focus: Minnesota’s Formula For Success

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Endeavor Airlines, an executive jet line and Delta Air Lines subsidiary, moved its corporate headquarters from Memphis, Tenn., WFSI, a Sauk Rapids company that does customized welding projects for the energy and defense industries, is adding 32 new jobs in that central Minnesota community. to Bloomington, near the Minneapolis-St.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. Sheffi is a professor of Engineering Systems and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL).

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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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Eurotranciatura will also build a roughly 30,000-square-foot distribution warehouse near its current plant to accommodate growth and reduce transportation costs. ABB will establish operations in the 85,000-square-foot building formerly occupied by Twin Creeks Technologies, 40 miles south of Memphis, TN. Photo: Boeing).