Texas ranked at the top of the list of the 736 corporate bigwigs CEO surveyed, just as it did in 2012. The Lone Star State and its individual cities have dominated scores of lists and rankings for the better part of a decade, during which time the state has cemented its reputation for creating a climate for business investment and expansion, and elevated its reputation as a world headquarters for business

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Tagged: best states for business, CEO magazine, Job creation, Milken Institute, Texas economy,

All told, the Lone Star State recorded an eye-popping 761 facilities projects in 2012 – an average of nearly 15 a week.

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Tagged: Illinois, manufacturing, Marcellus Shale, Michigan, Ohio economy, Pennsylvania, Site Selection, Texas economy,

For the all the hits that California has taken on its business climate, it’s important to remember that it still has an abundance of assets, a huge concentration of talent and a critical mass of innovation that makes it attractive, both as a place to grow businesses and a place to recruit them away.

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Tagged: Arizona, California economy, recruitment, Site Selection, Texas economy,

Payroll services giant ADP is expanding its operations in El Paso TX, creating 585 jobs and $22 million in capital investment.

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Tagged: ADP, Kentucky manufacturing, Ohio economy, South Carolina economy, Tennessee, Texas economy,

The population of the Plains States is up more than 14 percent since 2000 and the positive net migration experience by the region is making boomtowns of places such as Oklahoma City, Omaha and Fort Worth.

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Tagged: Joel Kotkin, Kansas Economy, North Dakota economy, Texas economy, Wyoming economy,

Large states with major economies are also adding jobs. California, at $1.7 trillion, the capo di tutti capi of state GDPs, added nearly 300,000 of them in that one-year span. New York and New Jersey added a combined 171,000 jobs and manufacturing-heavy Heartland states Ohio (98,000), Indiana (65,000) and Michigan (46,000) also gained momentum.

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The McAllen-Edinburg TX metro added jobs in 84 of the last 100 months, the best private-sector job creation record among the top 100 U.S. metrtos

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