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Alabama was recently ranked 8th in the Small Business Survival Index compiled by the Small Business Survival Committee. (October 2004) |
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Alabama ranked 4th on Site Selection magazine's Top States for its number of Micropolitan areas with new industry or expansion projects in 2004. (March 2005) |
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Site Selection magazine’s Top 25 State Business Climate survey ranked Alabama as having the 10th best business climate in the nation, while corporate real estate executives completing an identical survey ranked Alabama’s business climate as the 3rd best in the nation. (November 2004) |
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Alabama was ranked first on the 3rd Annual Competitiveness Award – Site Selection magazine. (May 2005) |
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Nationally among the lowest electricity costs for industrial users -Morgan Quitno’s State Rankings 2004 |
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Nationally among the Top 25 for Pro-Business State Legislatures — Expansion Management — Legislative Quotient. (December 2004) |
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Foreign Direct Investment magazine named Alabama the “Most Cost Effective” state in its Cities/States of the Future issue. (June 2005) |
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Alabama’s Business Climate was ranked third on the 2004 Plants, Sites and Parks Top 10 list of hot spots for new and expanding business. (October 2004) |
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AIDT was ranked 2nd among the South’s Top 10 Workforce Training programs by Southern Business and Development. (Winter 2004) |
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Alabama has been named "State of the Year" three times in a row from Southern Business and Development magazine, based on its record of job growth and economic development. (June 2005) |
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AIDT, the state's work force training program, was ranked number one in the United States in a 2004 Expansion Management site consultant survey. |
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Alabama was ranked 5th on Pollina Corporate Real Estate’s “Top Ten Pro-Business States 2005”. (Nov. 2004) |
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Two Alabama-Based corporations were listed on the elite 2005 Fortune Most-Admired Companies list. Regions Financial Corporation; SouthTrust Corporation. (February 2005) |
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Alabama’s American Cast Iron Pipe Company was rated 28th on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list for 2005. (January 2005) |
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Two Alabama-based corporations were on the 2005 Fortune 500 list. They include: Saks, Inc., Birmingham (320), and Regions Financial, Birmingham (420). (April 2005) |
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Six Alabama-based companies were on the 2005 Fortune 1000 list. They include: AmSouth Bank, Birmingham (539); Vulcan Materials, Birmingham (547); Torchmark, Birmingham (559); Protective Life, Birmingham (764); and Compass Bancshares, Birmingham (788). (April 2005) |
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Alabama is home to nine Inc. magazine Top 500 companies. (Nov. 2004) |
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Four Alabama businesses were ranked on the Forbes Largest Private Companies list for 2004 — EBSCO Industries, Birmingham (139); McWane, Birmingham (179); Brasfield & Gorrie, Birmingham (280); and BE&K, Birmingham (292). (November 2004) |
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The "Forbes 2000" list of the nation's top-performing public companies for 2005 recognizes eight Alabama businesses: Regions Financial Corp. (390); AmSouth (592); Torchmark (827); Compass Banchsares (906); Protective Life Insurance (1223); Vulcan Materials (1407); Colonial Bancgroup (1463); and Saks Inc. (1699). (March 2005) |
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Alabama-based Hibbett Sporting Goods was ranked 83rd on the 2004 Forbes 200 Best Small Companies list. (November 2004) |
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Compass Bancshares (207) and Protective Life (329) were included on the 2005 Forbes 400 Best Big Companies list. (December 2004) |
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Three Alabama cities were listed among Expansion Management ’s 2005 list of "America's 50 Hottest Cities for Manufacturing Expansions and Relocations”. They are: Birmingham (15); Huntsville (31); and Montgomery (38). The rankings are based on a survey of site consultants, which considers things such as business environment, work force quality, operating costs, incentive programs, worker training programs and ease of working with local officials.(Dec. 2004) |
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In 2004, Site Selection magazine ranked eight Alabama communities on its Top 100 Micropolitan Areas for New or Expanding Facilities. Cullman (18 projects), Scottsboro (8 projects), Albertville (8 projects), Daphne-Fairhope (8 projects), Fort Payne (6 projects), Talladega-Sylacauga (5 projects), Selma (3 projects) and Valley (3 projects). (March 2005) |
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Auburn-Opelika was named Golf Digest’s “Most Golfer Friendly” metro in the magazine’s third annual America’s Best and Worst Cities for Golf. (July 2005) |
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Three Alabama cities were ranked in Expansion Management’s 2004 Top 50 Cities for European Investment: Tuscaloosa (20); Mobile (38) and Auburn-Opelika (42). (July 2004) |
This information was gathered by the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama.
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