It takes factories and jobs on the ground to win congressional approval for defence orders.

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Las Vegas Sands built its Venetian Macao casino-resort in Cotai and Wynn Resorts has received approval to break ground there, too.

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Last month saw Athens speed the approval of three-dozen ground-mounted PV arrays across the country for a total of 130MW and about 500 temporary jobs.

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