Idaho ranks among most business-friendly. Montana moves up 4 spaces to 44th.

For the second consecutive year, Idaho ranked among the most business-friendly states in the nation in the annual annual Milken Institute Index thanks to some of lowest electrical rates in the U.S.

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Hawaii, New York and Alaska Top States in 2007 Cost-of-Doing-Business Index http://www.milkeninstitute.org/research/research.taf?cat=indexes&function=detail&ID=29&type=CDB