Planning to move your US headquarter or establishing a US subsidiary then check the list of “Best Places For Business And Careers” posted on Forbes.com earlier this year.

1. Albuquerque NM
2. Raleigh NC
3. Houston TX
4. Boise ID
5. Knoxville TN
6. Phoenix AZ
7. Nashville TN
8. Durham NC
9. Fayetteville AR
10. Indianapolis IN
Complete List

The following cities are NOT in the Top 100: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Las Vegas, Miami and New York. See map of the 200 largest cities and their rating here

“You LOVE me, my ideas, and my business, and you can’t get enough. Yay!”

Have you ever attended a networking event where everybody and their mama’s pitching the “world’s next billion-dollar invention” to everybody else?

It’s a common theme among most networking functions:

“Let’s talk about me, me, me, me; that will totally excite others — and, certainly get the word out!”

Read the complete articel at trizoko™: biz journal a site with a no bulls# angle on doing business.

An article from Time Magazine states that “A study finds that Americans are getting lonelier” and concludes that it is unhealthy to get socially isolated.

On a positive note for all the members of DABGO the article also states “Well-connected people live longer, happier lives, even if they have to forgo a new Lexus to spend time with friends.”

Read the complete article at time.com

Well don’t start bribing just yet, because according to the 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index, launched today by Transparency International, you will have to move south of the US border in order to succeed by using bribes.

The index shows that the top non-corrupt countries are 1st Finland, 2nd Iceland, 3rd New Zealand and 4th Denmark. Canada is 14th and USA ranks 20th out of 163 countries. At the bottom of the list are Iraq, Myanmar and Haiti.

See the list here and the report on transparancy.org

If you have any American friends or co-workers who are planning a trip to Denmark then send them this link. Or you just want a to read a humorous guide to Denmark, written by an American living in Copenhagen, then keep reading on the following site…

Danish companies are making heaps of money as never before. Last year the 1000 largest Danish companies sat a record with total earnings at EUR 17 billion. It is 16.5 per cent more than the record year 2004.

Read the complete article here…