Regulations and taxes remain low, making Texas one of if not the most business-friendly state in the country.
The Chamber also works hard to get business-friendly state judges and attorneys-general elected.
The biggest airport in the friendly state of Minnesota came in second place for dining, amenities and keeping kids busy.
At the end of the previous Republican administration, he reckoned, there were plenty of jobs, and Colorado was known as a business-friendly state.
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As with the retirement of Senator Byron Dorgan, D-North Dakota, the senator from Indiana has increased the likelihood that a seat representing a Republican-friendly state will fall to the GOP in November.
"Today, it is therefore the very existence of this friendly state that is at stake, as is the security of its population and of our own 6, 000 citizens living there, " he said.
Back in 1997, the then free-market-friendly Republican state Senate and the then free-market-friendly state governor, George Pataki, tried to get rid of rent restraints, but ran into fierce resistance from the Democrat-controlled assembly.
While changes to federal tax law may be a catalyst for moving to another state, I actually feel there are plenty of tax reasons why Phil Mickelson should have moved to a more tax friendly state much sooner.
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This will favour big Western firms and low-cost Chinese ones, especially those with friendly support from China's state-controlled lenders.
Get it right, and the state will remain business-friendly and globally competitive, with high employment and a rising standard of living.
As Rick wisely points out, that state will naturally be one very friendly to insurance companies and hostile to claimants.
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In Washington state, prosecutors claimed that a friendly discussion of an anti-tax campaign on a radio show was a political donation that the campaigners should have declared.
By the time Mr Netanyahu joined Mr Clinton for their second, unscheduled meeting, he had neatly sandwiched the president, vice-president and the secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, between friendly evangelists and appearances on talk-shows.
Henry Kissinger, a rather more eminent former secretary of state, also mixes influential China-friendly views with profitable ties to firms doing business in the country.
In other areas, the state transition toward creating a small business-friendly tax climate is already in effect.
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With the Republicans now holding the reins of power in Austin, it is unlikely that the state's electoral map will be so friendly to Democrats after the next redistricting in 2001.
Guy Garner and his six friends weren't out to cross the law last January when they sat down for their regular friendly game of poker in a cabin at the Chickasaw State Park near Jackson, Tenn.
Moreover, in many ballot-friendly states, voters can offer up new constitutional amendments or state initiative petitions so that the voices of small businesses can be heard with future changes.
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Republicans have generally regarded federal courts as more friendly when it comes to medically related lawsuits, arguing that state courts often dole out more generous cash awards if the insurance provider is found liable.
Some state Democrats, including Mr. Sweeney, said they believed the candidates for a special election this year would be picked by state party delegates, who might not be as friendly to Mr. Booker as the general voting population.
His colleague Laksamana Sukardi--a former banker named to head the Ministry of Investment and State Enterprises-- wins praise for his market-friendly philosophies more than any concrete macroeconomic credentials.
With its state-of-the-art, user-friendly application, customers can easily customize a security and automation package based on their individual needs, and will have the ability to manage and control their services by setting up programs and alerts.
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It has no state capital-gains or income tax, and a business-friendly and immigrant-tolerant attitude.
Trenitalia, Italy's state railway operator, suspended train service from Bologna, and a friendly soccer match between Italy and Luxembourg in Parma was canceled.
In addition, the state put out a new highway-design manual intended to make towns more pedestrian-friendly, with narrower streets designed for slower driving speeds.
So while liquid financial markets, educated workforces and business-friendly legal environments are still indispensable ingredients of any international financial center, non-traditional factors like the state of local infrastructure systems have become an indisputable piece of the puzzle.
Attempting to stem the talent flow, and to make Hong Kong more tech-friendly, the Hong Kong government spent millions to develop Cyberport, an ultra-modern tech campus with state of the art infrastructure and its own start-up incubator program.
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