AT&T Inc. will build a $200 million data center in a Kings Mountain business park that already contains a partially complete Walt Disney Co. data center. Charlotte Business Journal
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Officials at the Port of Savannah and their political allies are using the personal touch in an effort to line up federal funding for a $625 million harbor-deepening project. Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Honda is recalling 45,747 Alabama-made Odyssey minivans after a manufacturing flaw was discovered in the struts of the vehicles' liftgates. al.com
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The Obama administration will propose lowering the top corporate tax rate to 28 percent on Wednesday, as part of a proposal to reform taxes on businesses. The White House wants to pay for reducing the top corporate rate, which is currently 35 percent, by ridding the tax code of a number of preferences and incentives. Administration officials are also seeking to drop the effective tax rate paid by manufacturers to 25 percent as part of an effort to overhaul the corporate tax code. The Hill
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OKLAHOMA CITY — After pledging to Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry that it would make good on tax breaks temporarily set aside during a fiscal crisis, some legislators believe the state should repay developers only about 50 cents on the dollar. Fuel Fix
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A Democratic lawmaker in Georgia is responding to a Republican-backed effort to prevent women from receiving abortions 20 weeks after fertilization with a tongue-in-cheek measure that seeks to limit men’s health care choices: legislation that “would limit vasectomies only to men who will die or suffer dangerous health problems without one.” “Thousands of children are deprived of birth in this state every year because of the lack of state regulation over vasectomies,” said Rep. Yasmin Neal (D) explained. “It is patently unfair that men can avoid unwanted fatherhood by presuming that their judgment over such matters is more valid than the judgment of the General Assembly, while women’s ability to decide is constantly up for debate throughout the United States.” Think Progress
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A bill requiring women to undergo an invasive ultrasound before having an abortion has already sailed through the Virginia Senate, and was to be signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) once it cleared the House. Under the proposed policy, most women seeking seeking an abortion will be forced to have a transvaginal procedure, in which a probe is inserted into the vagina, and then moved around until an ultrasound image is produced.” Think Progress
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Whatever happened to the dread horror of job-killing uncertainty? Just last year, the talking point was all the rage, unanimously chorused by GOP pundits, politicians and economists looking to hammer President Obama for a stalled-out economy. Salon
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Now that Herman Cain’s presidential quest is in the books, he’s trying on a new hat: kingmaker. The charismatic former pizza executive is throwing his weight behind a handful of Republican congressional hopefuls who are intent on advancing the conservative platform he espoused — including his signature “9-9-9” tax plan — campaigning for some of them and endorsing others. Politico
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