West Virginia

Delaware Tops Business Rankings

Many states continue to drive away entrepreneurs with legal red tape, the Chamber of Commerce says.  Read more

West Virginia Raises Minimum Wage

More than 20 states have taken up similar bills, drawing ire among some small-business owners.  Read more

WVEDA

The report is in error when it says there are no state loan programs in West Virginia for small business activity. The West Virginia Economic Development...  Read more

Changing State Liability Laws

Not only do states have widely varying laws dealing with liability claims, but these are in flux: some 30 states have made changes in just the past year. Thr...  Read more

Inc.'s Fourth Annual Report On The States

Can states become more attractive breeding grounds for small companies? Increasingly, governors and legislators around the United States have been answering ...  Read more

At a Glance

Charts providing information on the features of Inc. 500 companies.  Read more

Going For Broke

What's in a name? The owners of three West Virginia companies -- Gone Under Coal, Little Hope Mining, and Last Chance Coal -- would probably answer "a lo...  Read more

The Best and Worst Legal Environments to Do Business In

March 2004 --Some places are better than others when it comes to doing business, and one reason-according to corporate attorneys--is that ...  Read more

A Report On The States

INC.'s second annual study rates 50 small business climates.  Read more

New Year, New Laws

An entrepreneur's guide to state policies taking effect at the start of 2006.  Read more

Cities Hope for More Industry Collaboration

June 21, 2005 --Partnership was the watchword at a meeting of over 150 elected city officials, business representatives and real estate de...  Read more

Cities Hope for More Industry Collaboration

June 21, 2005 --Partnership was the watchword at a meeting of over 150 elected city officials, business representatives and real estate de...  Read more

What The Rankings Mean

In years past, INC.'s annual Report on the States ranked the business climates of the 50 states through a formula that took into account roughly a dozen v...  Read more

Readers Rate Their Own States

Readers in Missouri and Nevada don't think we should have given their states an F (as in flunk) in our recent report card on state business climates (Octo...  Read more

Where the Growth Is: Hot Spots

A look at the best places to build an Inc. 500 company, and the 1994 winners displayed by state.  Read more

Firing An Employee Sometimes Backfires

Courts in at least 14 states have limited employers' rights to fire their employees. Some observers see this as additional evidence of the judiciary's gr...  Read more

Investment in Growing Businesses Surged in 2004

According to the CFED's Development Report Card for the States, more businesses opened, fewer closed, and the level of investment grew in 2004. The number...  Read more

New Law May Hurt Small Mines

Regulations passed after several West Virginia mining accidents has some smaller mining companies worried about increased costs.  Read more

Taking Stock

Simplified public offerings tailored to small companies.  Read more

States Receive Poor Grades for Entrepreneurial Activity

More than a quarter of states earned a D or lower, according to a new study.  Read more

Reader Mail: June 2010

Virtual Reality The April cover story ["Read more

Find the Best Deals for Fall Foliage Travel

For some, autumn comes with a particular appeal. While the others seasons may have their beauty, autumn is the one time in North America where you can tru...  Read more

Spotlight: Coal Comes in From the Cold

Is the dirtiest industry poised for a comeback?  Read more

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Study: South Falls Short in Innovation, Education

A new report cites a lack of awareness about entrepreneurship in southern states.  Read more

The 2000 Inc. 500 Almanac

A statistical look at the Inc. 500 companies and the CEOs that run them.  Read more

Where New Ideas Flourish

New research identifies where the culture of innovation is most firmly rooted.  Read more

Martha's first post-prison blockbuster....

What a week for Martha Stewart. While Worldcom's Bernie Ebbers Read more

Franchisees Thrive with Open-Book Management

Increasingly, franshisees are hopping on the open-book bandwagon. Two such owner-operators are Jim Brown and Joe Clark who run separate Chick-fil-A franch...  Read more

Deducting for Conventions

Tax information on convention deductions, property exchanges, and a new IRS computer system.  Read more

Swing States See Weak September Job Growth

Nov. 2, 2004 --While over two-thirds of all states reported employment gains in September, those gains were all but wiped out by the compa...  Read more

Welcome to the Doll Factory

The good news: Hollywood wants to feature your factory in a movie. The bad news: The plot is a killer.  Read more

Start-Ups and Blowouts

Chart showing new-business incorporations, business bankruptcies and business failures nationwide by region.  Read more

Tax Collecting for Online Sales

For web-based businesses, sorting out online sales taxes comes down to separating myth from reality.  Read more

Ever since INC. first started doing the annual Report on the States in 1981, our purpose has been less to rank the 50 states than to aid businesspeople an...  Read more

Mail

The Good, the Bad, the Underfunded Robb Mandelbaum's feature about the Small Business Administration was the most balanced article I have read...  Read more

Rating The States 1987: New Jobs, New Companies, And The Climate For Growth

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. No. New Jobs Growth No...  Read more