"America's Top States For Business" Revealed

WHAT STATE WILL TAKE THE #1 POSITION? "America's Top States For Business" Revealed Today The economy is slowly coming back, but with jobs still in short supply it has never been more important for America to get back to work. Find out which states are keeping the U.S. in business. CNBC's sixth annual study once again puts all 50 states to the test, measuring them on 43 different metrics in ten key categories of competitiveness. TODAY ON CLOSING BELL 3pm ET Surprise! North Dakota Ranks Fifth Driven by its expanding oil economy, ranked fifth in CNBC's sixth annual study. » Read more Top States Twitter Battle Which state do you think is the top state for business? Here's your chance to sound off in our "Top States Twitter Battle." » Vote Down One Slot, North Carolina Ranks Fourth in Top States The state still ranked high in key categories such as workforce, technology and transportation. » Read the story WATCH: Top States for Business CNBC study uses public data to grade all 50 states, with CNBC's Scott Cohn. » Watch video Top States Revealed #5 North Dakota Places Fifth #4 North Carolina Places Fourth Chime in on FB Join the conversation by using #TopStates Follow our Tumblr To unsubscribe to this email click here. If this e-mail was forwarded to you and you'd like to sign up for additional e-mails from CNBC click here. © 2012 CNBC, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632