Business News Top States for Business July 16, 2015August 22, 2015 0 Comment access to capital, CNBC, cost of doing business, places to do business, quality of life, Top States for Business CNBC uses an elaborate set of criteria for ranking the 50 US states as being good, or not so good, places to do business. Criteria include education, cost of doing business, quality of life, access to capital and much more.