Importance of the Indexes

The NASDAQ/Greater Dallas Chamber Index provides a microcosm of the nation's tech sector. With real time data signaling movements within such a large and broad array of significant tech companies, investors, analysts and other knowledgeable observers should have a new window into this critical segment of the US economy. The Index also serves as an economic development tool to promote the region's strengths in the high technology and life science sector.

Fast Facts about DFW's Technology:

• DFW commands the highest concentration of technology activity in Texas with one-third of all tech establishments and 40 percent of the state's technology jobs.
• Excluding aerospace, the region reports nearly 191,171 tech jobs. When the aerospace industry is added, the technology job count jumps to 227,350 in DFW.
• The region's tech sector has four basic components: high tech manufacturing, information activities, professional and technical services and bio/life sciences.
• There are 14 distinct industries in these four segments: Pharmaceutical & Medicine Mfg., Basic Chemical Mfg., Aerospace Product & Parts Mfg., Testing Labs, Scientific R&D, Internet Service Providers, Medical Equipment & Supplies Mfg., Computer Training, Software Publishers, Data Processing, Computer & Electronic Product Mfg., Telecommunications, Engineering Services, and Computer Systems Design.
• DFW, now the fourth largest metro in the U.S., offers all of these assets at a very low cost.
  • Fourth quarter 2006 cost of living in the DFW region is 9.9% lower than the national average
  • DFW has no personal or corporate income tax and no state property or unitary tax.

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