After 11 years on the air, the reality show's ratings have weakened in the past couple of years although it remains the highest-rated television series in the U.S. and a magnet for big advertisers such as Coca-Cola Co.

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The capital flow from past to future acted as a magnet for the most talented entrepreneurs in the world, who came to the U.S. for the opportunity to build companies and get rich.

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Taylor said the industry, comprising "everything from Words with Friends to Call of Duty, " is looking for U.S.-educated talent, and he called NYU's Magnet center an exciting development.

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This will be the first commercial wind farm in the U.S. to deploy, at scale, turbines that use permanent magnet generators tech-speak for evolutionary turbine technology that will improve efficiency, reliability and grid connection capabilities.

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