Silicon Valley folk think Mr Gates would have spotted the Internet quicker if he had been based at the hub of their industry.

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Israel is widely considered a technological powerhouse and a hub of high-tech industry.

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This city is the industry hub for both of our careers.

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Mr. Tazhayakov hails from Atyrau, an oil-industry hub in the west of Kazakhstan.

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Storms River was once the transport hub of a booming 18th-century lumber industry.

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The best known - and probably the most successful - was Canary Wharf, now the hub of the UK's financial services industry.

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The Chicago area, for instance, once a hub of candy making, has lost about half its jobs in that industry over the past 15 years.

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Here in the manufacturing hub of Guangdong province, Lever Style's factories provide a glimpse into the future of China's apparel industry.

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