Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah is in the top five states when it comes to promoting businesses.
CNBC looked at criteria such as cost of doing business, availability of education, overal quality of life and transportation and infrastructure.
Utah came in fifth overall. That's down from third last year. Our foreclosure rate hurt us.
Virginia ranked best in the nation for business.
