Make Your Voice Heard, Visit FallinForBusiness.com and Take the Survey
Through your feedback to the 2011 Survey of Oklahoma Executives, we hope to learn more about the perspectives of Oklahoma’s business leaders and identify ways the state can best support existing companies.

Our goal continues to be to create a better environment for the businesses that have made Oklahoma great.

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Start Or Register A Business In Oklahoma
Whether you're still in the daydreaming mode or already have a fledgling business under way, OKStartup.com is your one-stop resource for entrepreneurial assistance. You can sort out business licensing issues, register your business, find service providers, explore financing options, and more.

Become a fan of OKStartup on Facebook and stay abreast of best practices, cool new tools, success stories and upcoming events that can help set your business on the right path to success.
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Reestablished Tax Credit Will Bolster Oklahoma Aerospace
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has signed into law a measure reestablishing tax credits for engineers going to work for Oklahoma companies as well as the companies that hire them. The bill restores a tax incentive that was put on moratorium last year by the Oklahoma state legislature.
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Oklahoma is Bioscience
With first class research & development facilities and a highly-skilled workforce, Oklahoma is a leader in the field of bioscience.

From the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City to the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, learn why your r&d facility belongs in Oklahoma!
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Featured Content & News

1Governor Mary Fallin Responds to American Airlines Business and Restructuring Plans

OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today issued the following statement addressing American’s announcement regarding future business and restructuring plans:

“American’s announcement today represents a commitment to continuing a large presence in Oklahoma and, specifically, Tulsa. Their communications with employees and with my office indicate they are working to preserve as many jobs as possible, and that Tulsa will not be left out of American’s restructuring plans. All of this is good news.

2Quality Jobs Program Mid-Year Review

OKLAHOMA CITY — Since its inception in 1993, the Quality Jobs Program has issued more than 612 contracts to locating, expanding and start-up businesses and brought thousands of jobs to Oklahoma. This last December saw more Quality Jobs participants than any single month in the programs 19-year history and fiscal year 2012 is set to meet or beat the previous year’s numbers. With the current fiscal year at the half-way point, the Quality Jobs Program is set to meet or exceed fiscal year 2011’s benchmarks.

3Oklahoma Companies Make Fortune Top 100 List for 2012

Janurary 19, 2012

OKLAHOMA CITY — Fortune Magazine recently released their annual list of 100 Best Companies To Work For and four Oklahoma companies are ranked as the nation’s best.

Chesapeake Energy, ranked 18^th, Devon Energy, ranked 28^th, American Fidelity Assurance, ranked 47^th and QuikTrip, ranked 66^th all made this prestigious annual list.

4Commerce Modifies Strategic Workforce Plan; Public Comment Encouraged

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce has modified the Strategic Two-Year State of the Workforce Investment Plan July1, 2007—June 30, 2009 for Title 1 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Wagner-Peyser Act.

The public has 30 days from today (Wednesday, January 18, 2012) to comment on this modification. Comments should be sent to: Terry Watson, Director, Workforce Solutions Division of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Terry_Watson@Okcommerce.gov.

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5The Boeing Company Joins 21st Century Quality Jobs Program

December 12, 2012

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Commerce announced today that 255 new jobs will be created by The Boeing Company, which was recently accepted into the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program in December.

Recent Oklahoma Kudos

Top States for Business 2011
(CNBC)
Oklahoma, #3 (Cost of Living)
Oklahoma, #4 (Overall Economy)
Oklahoma, #6 (Cost of Doing Business)

Best Cities for Small Business
(The Business Journal)
Oklahoma City, #2
Tulsa, #5

10 Hottest Spots to Start a Small Business
(Fiscal Times)
Oklahoma City, #2
Tulsa, #6

Top Cities for Manufacturing
(Forbes)
Oklahoma City, #8

Hottest Job Markets 2011
(The Business Journal)
Oklahoma City, #8

Business Facilities Magazine 2010 Rankings Report
(Business Facilities Magazine)
Oklahoma, #2 (Quality of Life)
Oklahoma, #4 (Employment Leaders)
Oklahoma, #5 (Cost of Labor)
Oklahoma, #7 (Biofuels Manufacturing Research)

Lowest Cost Cities to Live
(Bloomberg Businessweek)
Pryor, #3
Muskogee, #9
Ardmore, #19

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