Business Facilities names Virginia 2024 State of the Year
Business Facilities has named Virginia its 2024 State of the Year, recognizing the state’s business environment and economic development success, the publication announced Monday. The award comes in the same year as Virginia’s sixth No. 1 ranking as CNBC’s Top State for Business, awarded in July. Virginia previously won Business Facilities’ State of the Year […]
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#1 Top States for Business CNBC #1 Education CNBC #1 Customized workforce training Business Facilities #3 infrastructure CNBC #3 Best business climate Business Facilities #3 Tech talent pipeline Business Facilities #3 Artificial intelligence CNBC #5 Business friendliness CNBC #16 Best state to start a small business in 2024 Forbes Advisor #24 cost of doing business […]
Virginia is CNBC’s Top State for Business for record sixth time
Virginia regained its crown as the No. 1 state in CNBC‘s annual America’s Top States for Business rankings released Thursday, winning the top spot for a record sixth time. The cable business news network once again praised Virginia for having “the nation’s best education system and policies that give companies room — both literally and […]
Va. edges up to No. 2 in CNBC poll
Cited once more for its educational prowess, Virginia moved from third place last year to second place this year in CNBC‘s annual Top States for Business rankings. Our neighbor to the south, North Carolina, won the top spot for a second year in a row. “Virginia is our most decorated state, a five-time winner,” the […]
Virginia rises to No. 2 in CNBC’s Top States for Business
Rated America’s best state for education, Virginia climbed to the No. 2 spot in CNBC’s 2023 Top States for Business rankings, with North Carolina taking the top spot for the second year in a row. “Virginia is our most decorated state, a five-time winner,” the cable business news network said Tuesday, “but you’ll pay dearly […]
34 Va. companies make 2022 Fortune 1000 list
Thirty-four Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 68th annual Fortune 1000 list, which was released Monday. The list ranks the 1,000 largest United States corporations by total revenue, including public companies and private companies for which revenue information is available. Twenty-one companies made the elite Fortune 500 list, including Henrico County-based convenience retail [...]
Virginia snags “Best Business Climate” state ranking
Virginia is the state with the “Best Business Climate” in the nation, according to Business Facilities magazine’s 17th annual State Ranking Report, released Wednesday. Last year, Texas held the No. 1 spot, with Virginia taking second. After falling off Business Facilities‘ top 10 list in 2014 and 2015, Virginia placed ninth in 2016, fourth in […]
Va. children’s hospitals get kudos in national rankings
Eight children’s hospitals in Virginia received recognition Tuesday in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of the top pediatric facilities in the nation, regions and states. First in the state and seventh in the mid-Atlantic region is the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, which was ranked nationally in five pediatric specialities: neonatology, pediatric […[...]