Texas has scored the top position in a business news
channel's 2012 rankings of top states in the U.S. for business,
local media reported on Thursday.
In the sixth annual study of the U.S. TV channel CNBC, Texas
scored 1,604 points out of a possible 2,500, according to the
Houston Chronicle newspaper.
The Lone Star State, which made No. 1 for the third time in the
CNBC annual rankings, finished first this year in six of ten
categories that CNBC used to compile its rankings.
Texas topped the list in infrastructure and transportation and
third in cost of living. However, it scored 26th in education, 28th
in the cost of business and 35th in quality of life.
Texas led the top 10 states that include Utah, Virginia, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, Georgia
and Wyoming.
The bottom 10 states in the CNBC survey are New Jersey,
Louisiana, Delaware, Connecticut, Nevada, Mississippi, Alaska, West
Virginia, Hawaii and Rhode Island.
