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Article: Oklahoma City, Tulsa among Forbes' top places to do business
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- May 8, 2006
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Sparked by top grades in income growth, Oklahoma City and Tulsa
were highly regarded in Forbes magazine's list of Best Places for
Business, which was released Friday.
Overall, Oklahoma City ranked No. 13 and Tulsa was listed at No.
43 in the magazine feature.
Both cities performed particularly well in the income growth and
cost of doing business categories.
Oklahoma City ranked No. 1 in income growth and Tulsa was right
behind at No. 2.
Oklahoma City was No. 4 and Tulsa No. 5 in the cost of doing
business category, which is an index based on the costs of labor,
energy, taxes and office space.
In job growth, Oklahoma City checked in at No. 98 and Tulsa was
ranked No. 136. Job growth is based ...