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Ed Morrison · Huh?
August 7th, 2009
Ohio has improved its national ranking as one America’s top states for business, ranking 29th overall, in the yearly survey conducted by CNBC. The 2009 rank is an improvement over its 30th place ranking in 2008 (tie with Illinois), a result of Ohio’s purposeful redesign of its business climate that is making the state an ideal location for businesses to compete in a 21st century global economy…
Ohio Improves Business Climate According to CNBC Report
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August 7th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Ummmm…Soooo….OHIO…Welcomes you with…ummmm…a business development climate that’s pretty close to the top of the bottom half of all the states in the U.S…
I guess that’s how you have to spin it…
Maybe they consider the state’s 12% unemployment rate as reflective of “an available skilled work force”…
August 8th, 2009 at 10:53 am
This reminds me of an incident that took place when I was working in Washington soon after college. The Washingtonian magazine published an article on the 10 dumbest congressmen.
Senator Scott from Virginia, listed as one of the 10, promptly called a press conference to announce that he was not dumb, thereby confirming in everyone’s mind that he deserved his position on the list.
There are just some things that you ought to ignore. Calling attention to them simply makes the situation worse.