Winston-Salem Business Magazine - January 2008 - (Page 25) BUSINESS Front services sectors. Site Selection magazine, published by Conway Data Inc., delivers expansion planning information to 44,000 executives of fast-growing firms. The senior publication in the development field, Site Selection is also available via Site Selection Online www.siteselection.com. SiteNet Dispatch, a weekly e-mail newsletter, goes to more than 29,000 industry professionals. Conway Data is an international publishing and association management company headquartered in Atlanta. The firm manages the Industrial Asset Management Council, the Development Hall of Fame and the World Development Federation (WDF), offers consulting services and awards the annual Conway Safe Skies Award. TOP TEN STATE BUSINESS CLIMATES 2007 1. North Carolina 2. Georgia 3. Texas 4. Virginia 5. Alabama 6. Tennessee 7. Ohio 8. Kentucky 9. Florida 10. South Carolina EXECUTIVE SURVEY BUSINESS CLIMATE RANKINGS 2007 1. Texas 2. North Carolina 3. Georgia 4. South Carolina 5. Florida 6. Tennessee 7. Alabama 8. Nevada 9. Virginia 10. Kentucky EXECUTIVE SURVEY BUSINESS CLIMATE FACTOR RANKINGS 2007 1. Availability of desired work-force skills 2. Ease of permitting and regulatory procedures 3. State and local tax scheme 4. Land/building prices and supply 5. Availability of incentives 6. Transportation infrastructure 7.State and local economic development strategy 8. Flexibility of incentives programs 9. Higher education resources 10. Union activity Among North Carolina’s strengths cited by numerous corporate executives were its probusiness policies in the areas of tort and taxation WINSTON-SALEM BUSINESS | 25 http://www.siteselection.com http://www.saloncabelo.com http://www.saloncabelo.com
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