{"id":28265,"date":"2013-09-25T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=28265"},"modified":"2013-09-25T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T19:39:18","slug":"n-d-2nd-nation-forbes-2013-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=28265","title":{"rendered":"N.D. 2nd, Nation, Forbes 2013 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/business.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28269\" alt=\"business\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/business.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>BISMARCK, N.D. (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 25, 2013)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 North Dakota ranks second in Forbes\u2019 2013 report of best states for business and careers, moving up one ranking from last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Forbes annual ranking measures six vital categories for businesses: costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, current economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life. Forbes factors in 35 points of data to determine the rank in the six main areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cNorth Dakota consistently ranks among the nation\u2019s best states for business and that is a testament to our dedicated workforce and the opportunities created by our diverse business community,\u201d Gov. Jack Dalrymple said. \u201cThe state will continue working hard to provide for a business climate that fosters the creation of great careers and the quality of life that people desire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0North Dakota ranked second best among all states in the category of economic climate and third in business costs.\u00a0 Virginia ranked first in the report\u2019s overall ranking.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The report states, \u201cNorth Dakota has boasted the country\u2019s most robust economy over the past five years. It is tops for job growth (3.7 percent annually), income growth (3.8 percent), gross state product growth (7.9 percent) and unemployment (3.6 percent average). With the nation\u2019s third best economic growth forecast over the next five years, its outlook looks strong too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The full report is available at:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/best-states-for-business\">forbes.com\/best-states-for-business\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 25, 2013)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 North Dakota ranks second in Forbes\u2019 2013 report of best states for business and careers, moving up one ranking from last year. \u00a0Forbes annual ranking measures six vital categories for businesses: costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, current economic climate, growth prospects and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28265"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28268,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28265\/revisions\/28268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}