Assets such as low cost of living, high quality of life, and culture have been essential in retaining the talent that have contributed to turning Louisiana, and New Orleans specifically, into a film industry leader, entrepreneurial mecca, and technology hub.

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Business leaders should work with the administration and Congress on tax legislation that would reward work and bolster investment, while retaining the tax system's essential progressivity.

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The vision, experience and conviction that turns blueprints into great cities while retaining the integrity of an idea and guiding essential changes through the intricacies of codes, zoning, market economics, popular expectations and procedural complexities is something for which politicians, businessmen and special interests are notoriously ill suited.

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Mr MacAskill said it was essential the European Convention of Human Rights compatibility of Scots Law was maintained as well as retaining the ability for effective balanced police investigation.

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Recruiting and retaining the right people that fit the corporate culture and that can continually add-value to the workplace experience is essential.

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