The Best and Worst States in America to Do Business

Thu, 05/03/2012 - 09:00 EDT - The Curious Capitalist

Chief Executive Magazine has released its annual list of best and worse states to do business, and Southern and Mountain-West states dominated the rankings to the detriment of the two coasts. The top five states in the survey, Texas; Florida; North Carolina; Tennessee and Indiana, are praised by the magazine for their governments' low-tax and lax-regulatory policies.

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