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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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“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: Regional Utilities Are Busy Powering Growth In The Carolinas

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More than 35 counties submitted applications for Duke Energy’s Site Readiness Program in North Carolina and South Carolina in 2013. The Brunswick County site was one of 10 North Carolina sites chosen by the utility. million to help fund projects in Florence County and the city of Union. The loans bring to $20.6

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Feature Story: 2014 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Aerospace And Defense Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Automotive Business Clusters/Corridors Corporate Headquarters Cover Story Feature Story Featured Post Florida Magazine Magazine Highlights Nevada Pennsylvania Research And Development South Carolina Tennessee Texas U.S. - Far West 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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Battle for North America

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The expansion will make the South Carolina plant BMW’s largest worldwide auto facility, overtaking its original production hub near Munich, which produced 342,000 cars last year. State officials broadly hinted before the vote that if the union was rejected VW would commit to expanding production at the Tennessee plant.

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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.