FEATURE
Scott's Florida Economic-development Efforts More Words than Deeds
February 10, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel
One of Gov. Rick Scott's central selling points to economically rattled voters in 2010 was his direct line to Corporate America. He promised to cut corporate taxes, make Florida's business climate the best in the country and sell the turnaround job in executive suites around the world. But when it comes to evaluating whether Scott's policies have been a catalyst in Florida's economic turnaround, the evidence is thin.
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Scott Walker's Wisconsin Budget to Include Millions in Tax Credits for Start-ups
February 8, 2013 | Milwaukee Sentinel
Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday proposed boosting the state's economy through millions of dollars in tax credits aimed at nurturing technology and other start-up companies. Speaking at an economic development conference near the Capitol, the Republican governor pledged to include the proposals in his budget bill he will introduce on Feb. 20. That legislation must pass both houses of the GOP-controlled Legislature and be signed by Walker to become law.
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At Rochester 'Angels' Ready to Invest, but Few Make the Cut
February 8, 2013 | Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Scott Peters and business partner Nathan Podkaminer started Construction Robotics in 2007 with the goal of creating and selling a robot that can lay bricks. Now on the verge of a critical milestone, Peters and Podkaminer will seek additional funding in the next few months from the two main early stage funding organizations in the area: Excell Partners and the Rochester Angel Network (RAN).
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Report: Silicon Valley Job Growth Reaches Dot-com Boom Levels
February 6, 2013 | Oakland Tribune
Silicon Valley's job growth has returned to dot-com boom levels and San Francisco has emerged as a major new tech hub. But good times have not returned for all area residents and ethnic groups. Those are among the findings released Tuesday from the 2013 Silicon Valley Index, a closely watched annual study produced by San Jose-based Joint Venture Silicon Valley and the Mountain View-based Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
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