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Forbes reports that the nation’s professional classes continue to move to the Southeast and Texas: Net migration, both before and after the Great Recession, according to analysis by the Praxis Strategy...
View ArticleThe love of taxes is the root of unhappiness
A recent study in Science magazine indicates that states with the highest taxes also have the least happy residents. The Wall Street Journal, reporting on the study, argues that the causation is high...
View ArticleSE states’ debt burdens more favorable
The New York Times confirms another reason for the Southeast’s attractive growth potential and why increasing numbers of entrepreneurs are deciding to build their businesses in the region: lower state...
View ArticleRanking the Southeast business climate
The Chicago Tribune urges Illinois not to become a “New Michigan” or “New California” but instead mimic states such as FL, GA, VA, TN, TX, and NC. In an April 11 op-ed entitled The Illinois Spiral...
View ArticleSoutheast advantage in 25 high growth industries
Wells Fargo has released a study entitled “Employment Dynamics and State Competitiveness“ which predicts 25 industries will drive employment growth in the next few years, and ranks states according to...
View ArticleSoutheast dominates CEOs Top 10
For the seventh straight year, Texas has been voted the best state for business by Chief Exectuive magazine. 2011′s edition of their annual survey of CEOs includes an excellent interactive map. The Top...
View ArticleSoutheastern cities dominate Forbes Top 10 list
Our region took 9 out of the 10 top spots in Forbes’ list of The Next Big Boom Towns in the U.S. The rankings were done in conjunction with Mark Schill at the Praxis Strategy Group, and are based on...
View ArticleThe love of taxes is the root of unhappiness: update
The Tax Foundation has issued its 2012 State Business Tax Climate Index, which once again confirms that the love of taxes is the root of unhappiness. We remain… happy. And happy to report that’s true...
View ArticleSoutheast dominates CEOs Top 10
For the eighth consecutive year, Texas has been voted the best state for business by Chief Executive magazine. The Top 10 looks familiar to us, as it constitutes most of the geography in which we have...
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