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America's Top States For Business 2010

Overall Rankings 2010

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States With the Highest Cost of Living

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States Most In Need of an eCommerce Sales Tax

In the wake of the recession, unprecedented budget gaps are pushing state governments to make difficult reductions in spending - from education cuts and worker furloughs to state-wide "garage sales" - to make up for revenue shortfalls. One point of contention is how cross-border sales taxes are collected. In some states, if a retailer sells merchandise via their website or catalog, but has no physical presence in the state, no sales tax is collected. Recently, the National Conference of State Le

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America’s Double-Dip Real Estate Markets

While some analysts suggest that the worst may be over for the US housing market, new data suggests that a few local markets are not that lucky. Just as equity investors worry about a "double-dip" in US stocks, several housing markets are already beginning to resemble this troublesome pattern of peaks and troughs.Real estate website has run an analysis of month-by-month changes in home prices and has identified 12 metropolitan areas that show a pattern of decline following a sustained period of

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3. New Jersey

Score: 2/25

New York-White Plains-Wayne, NJ (Bergen-Passaic Counties N.J.)
House: $506,076

Lipitor: $153.06

Movie Ticket: $10.70

Dozen Eggs: $2.17

Gallon of Gasoline: $2.67

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3. New Jersey

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