The Lone Star State passed North Carolina for the No. 1 spot on Site Selection Magazine\u2019s ranking of top business climates.<\/p>\n
Texas had been in second place behind the Tar Heel State for almost a decade, but edged to first place in November\u2019s rankings. Texas claimed more than half of the inbound business relocations and about 40 percent of all the new jobs in the United States since 2009.<\/p>\n
An annual study of corporate relocations by Atlas Van Lines showed 7,200 companies moved to Texas in 2010.<\/p>\n
Part of the publication\u2019s ranking comes from a close look at each state\u2019s new and expanded facilities, total projects in relation to population, the state\u2019s business tax climate and how each state did in the magazine\u2019s \u201cCompetitiveness Ranking\u201d, published in the spring.<\/p>\n
The rest of Site Selection\u2019s ranking criteria comes from comments from business owners themselves gathered in an executive survey. The publication heard repeatedly that Texas\u2019 available (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Lone Star State passed North Carolina for the No. 1 spot on Site Selection Magazine\u2019s ranking of top business climates. Texas had been in second place behind the Tar Heel State for almost a decade, but edged to first…<\/span><\/p>\n