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Obama the Grinch gives the right an xmas gift
If conservatives want an easily framed example of an activist government gone wild, the Obama administration handed them an early Christmas gift this week. Using a 1996 law that has created government promotion boards for a series of agricultural products, the White House announced that it would launch the Christmas Tree Promotion Board (CTPB), a new arm of the Agriculture Department. Its mission? To convince Americans to buy so-called “live” Christmas trees. The Fiscal Times
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Perry flubs, Romney snubs and Cain holds the line
Texas Gov. Rick Perry suffered another severe blow in his campaign for the Republican nomination for president on Wednesday night, stumbling to recall the names of the three departments of the federal government that he said he wanted to eliminate. Election 2012 Complete Coverage Meanwhile, frontrunner Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, used his return to the heartland to attack the government bailout of the auto industry, which the Ann Arbor-based Center for Automotive Research says saved over one million jobs. The Fiscal Times
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S.C. to hear corps' case for deepening
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will take its case for deepening the Savannah River to a South Carolina state agency today. Savannah Morning News
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Another industrial-scale solar farm planned in N.C.
Another major solar farm is in the pipeline for North Carolina, this time a 3 megawatt project in Lilesville, about 60 miles east of Charlotte. The project was filed this week with the N.C. Utilities Commission by Raleigh-based BGE Carolina Solar. BGE is a subsidiary of Blue Green Energy, based in Charlotte. News Observer
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Disney Shooting Movie in Marietta, Ga.
MARIETTA, Ga. — Disney will be shooting scenes for the made-for-TV movie “Until We Meet Again” by the Glover Park fountain in Marietta Square this evening, Parks Director Rich Buss said. The Marietta Daily Journal
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Chesapeake Energy's ethane deal not ‘cracker killer’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Industry officials say West Virginia isn't out of the race to attract a multi-billion petrochemical facility known as a "cracker," despite plans by Chesapeake Energy Corp. to ship a significant amount of chemical feedstock from Appalachia to the Gulf Coast. Daily Mail
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Houston loses thousands of manufacturing jobs since recession
Houston has lost 6,400 manufacturing jobs since the recession. However, the manufacturing sector has been losing jobs across the U.S. since 1997. Houston Business Journal
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Watchdog group disputes Texas Enterprise Fund job results
A Texas watchdog group has released a report that says the Texas Enterprise Fund has not created as many jobs in the state as Gov. Rick Perry's office contends. Dallas Business Journal
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Snyder’s-Lance closing plant in Corsicana, Texas
Snyder’s-Lance Inc. will close its salty-snacks manufacturing plant in Corsicana, Texas, on Feb. 10. The plant has 148 employees, according to the city’s website. Corsicana is about 55 miles south of Dallas. Charlotte Business Journal
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What the nation is saying about JeffCo
As Jefferson County teetered on the brink of bankruptcy for the past several years, it was no secret that a bankruptcy filing would draw negative headlines around the nation. Birmingham Business Journal
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Features & Opinion

 

We thought this Top 10 was timely after hearing about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's radio ad campaign in the winter quarter that targeted California companies. In the ad, which ran on stations throughout the Golden State, Perry says, "Building a business is tough, but I hear building a business in California is next to impossible." With that in mind, here are ten great locations in the South for relocating California companies.

 

 

 FEATURE  
By Mike Randle
That headline represents the first eight words to the song titled "Mexican Radio" by the band Wall of Voodoo. The big hit from 1982 (No. 58 U.S. and No. 18 Canada) that was played about a dozen times a day on MTV in the music video era is awesome. The song was popular with the creative class (before anyone knew what the creative class was until Richard Florida told us), is often heard today on some of the most listened-to Internet stations such as Radio Paradise. Go ahead and buy some Mexican Coke at Sam's (that would be Mexican Coca-Cola), sit back, bring up "Mexican Radio" on YouTube and enjoy.
 

 

FEATURE     
By Mike Randle
Do you think it was a coincidence that after Airbus broke ground on its $600 million, 1,000-employee A320 plant in Mobile, Ala., on April 8, that Boeing topped that deal by announcing it would invest another $1 billion and add 2,000 workers at its new 787 Dreamliner plant in Charleston, S.C., just 24 hours later?
 
 
Editor's note: This article was the cover story of the latest edition of Southern Business & Development magazine, the parent company of The Randle Report. "It's good to be Nashville right now," said Nashville Mayor Karl Dean in a wonderful story about his city titled, "Nashville's Latest Big Hit Could Be the City Itself," published in the January 8, 2013 edition of The New York Times. The piece began with this: "Portland knows the feeling. Austin had it once, too. So did Dallas. Even Las Vegas enjoyed a brief moment as the nation's ‘it’ city. Now, it's Nashville's turn."
 


 

 

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