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Louisiana gives DXC Technology major incentive deal for 2,000-job New Orleans expansion

Source: theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/business/article_77fac5ca-c8a5-11e7-82df-17b5556a4811.html - Nov 14, 2017

One of the world's biggest technology companies will open a New Orleans office early next year that will eventually employ 2,000 people, officials said Monday, calling it the single largest jobs announcement in the city's history.

The news, announced at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, comes nearly a decade after state and local officials began trying to position Louisiana and New Orleans in particular as a fledgling technology hub, using tax credits as a recruitment tool and the city's culture as a key selling point.

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