Metros in Texas and the Southeast dominate the top 10 markets for new jobs created from 2004 through 2011.

Categories: Job Creation
Tagged: Austin TX jobs, Charlotte NC economy, Fort Worth TX, Nashville TN, Texas economy, Texas jobs,

Ohio was tops among states in 2011 on Site Selection magazine’s annual Governor’s Cup ranking. Ohio had nearly 500 projects that met Site Selection’s criteria. Texas, the winner in 2010, was second behind the Buckeye State, with 464 projects.

Categories: Site Selection
Tagged: Kentucky, Kentucky economy, Ohio, Ohio economy, Site Selection Governor's Cup Rankings, Tennessee, Tennessee economy, Texas, Texas economy,

As it did in 2011, Wyoming tops the 2012 State Business Climate Tax Index as assembled by the Tax Foundation, a tax research organization based in Washington D.C.

Categories: Research
Tagged: Job creation, State Business Climate Tax Index, tax climate, Tax Foundation, tax index, Texas economy, Wyoming, Wyoming economy,

Given the doldrums in the job market and tepid consumer demand following the economic downdraft that began in late 2007, it’s a minor miracle that any state showed an upturn in retail jobs, let alone six of them.

Categories: Quality of Life, Research
Tagged: Cabarrus County NC, Concord Mills, Economy, job growth, McAllen TX, North Dakota economy, Retail jobs, South Dakota economy, Texas economy, Texas retail,

Whenever legislative bodies pass a law, it often comes with companion legislation that you won’t find in the government code – the law of unintended consequences.

Categories: Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Foreign direct investment, Foreign investment in Texas, Kentucky economy, South Carolina economy, Texas economy,

Ross Perot Jr. says the Lone Star State has created as one of the best environments in the world in which to do business, and he credited the favorable regulatory and tax environment as the primary reasons companies want to move to and invest in Texas. “

Categories: Deals
Tagged: AllianceTexas, banking, construction, industrial, Ross Perot Jr., Texas Economic Development Council, Texas economy,

Texas ranked No. 1 on Development Counselor International’s 2011 Winning Strategies Report and Area Development magazine’s top five states for doing business.

Categories: Research
Tagged: Alabama economy, Area Development, Development Counselors International, Georgia economy, Indiana economy, North Carolina economy, South Carolina economy, Tennessee economy, Texas business climate, Texas economy,