Puerto Rico / Dominican Republic / Canada / Mexico / United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / /
Facility
University of Houston / Port of Houston / Texas highway / C. T. Bauer College of Business / Rice University / /
IndustryTerm
manufacturing facility / natural gas / oil and gas / job creators / food / energy / gross domestic product / highquality food products / upstream energy / aerospace/defense industry / manufacturing / oil service / oil shale / energy industry / high-tech jobs / final incentive tool / oil / renewable-energy capacity / biotechnology employment / transportation infrastructure / online publications / /
NaturalFeature
Mississippi River / West Coast / /
Organization
state legislature / National Federation of Independent Businesses / C. T. Bauer College of Business / Texas Enterprise Fund / Rice University / Texas Association of NBIZ / Emerging Technology Fund / Institute for Regional Forecasting / University of Houston / Department of Political Science / Department of Political Science at Rice University / /
Person
Troy Anderson / Bill Gilmer / Fred Welch / Greg Abbott / Climate Will Newton / Rick Perry / Evelio Fernandez / Bob Unanue / Laura Hoke / Mark Jones / Bill Hammond / Susan Combs / /
Position
vice president of economic development / president / Chief Executive / professor and chair / vice president / CEO / communications director at the Texas office / Jamail Chair / driver / Comptroller of Public Accounts / commercial driver / Governor / leader / director / journalist / attorney general / executive director of the Texas office / Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies and a professor and chair / /
ProvinceOrState
Mississippi / California / Texas / /
PublishedMedium
Christianity Today / Site Selection / the Los Angeles Daily News / the Press-Enterprise / /
Region
western United States / Central America / southern California / South America / West Coast / Caribbean / /
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