Realty Times December 11, 1997

America's Best Cities: Business Climate

Rank largest employer largest Fortune 500 company 1996 New Businesses Created per 1,000 people 1996 'Class Cities reachable by Non-Stop Flight Percent Change, Percent Empl. Manuf 1986-1996 1996 Union Membership (% Change 1986-1996)
  1. New York Chase Manhattan
28,000
AT&T 6 $ 35.09
-2.7%
149 -28.2%
15.7%
24.6%
-12.1%
  2. Denver-Boulder US West
14,500
US West 14 $ 16.00
22.4%
104 -18.6%
20.6%
10.9%
-13.5%
  3. Boston Mass. General Hospital
11,400
Liberty Mutual Group 3 $ 32.68
36.2%
85 -28.9%
22.5%
14.2%
-11.3%
  4. Seattle Boeing
92,000
Boeing 10 $ 19.81
-6.3%
67 -12.8%
16.0%
21.2%
-24.0%
  5. Raleigh-Durham IBM
13,000
Carolina Power & Light 5 $ 16.25
-12.2%
40 -17.4%
23.9%
3.4%
-32.0%
  6. Cleveland Ford Motor
14,000
TRW 4 $ 18.60
-15.7%
63 -18.0%
14.0%
19.8%
-13.2%
  7. Indianapolis Eli Lilly
8,000
Eli Lilly 4 $ 18.25
-6.4%
40 -21.5%
14.1%
8.1%
-52.4%
  8. Toronto General Motors
17,000
Canadian Imperial Bank** N.A. $ 21.15
-36.2%
77 *-20.8%
*15.0%
*36.5%
4.9%
  9. Atlanta Delta Airlines
22,000
United Parcel Service 6 $ 21.21
-3.9%
135 -24.5%
22.8%
7.8%
-6.0%
  10. Richmond Philip Morris
8,000
CSX 6 $ 20.00
-7.0%
16 -18.0%
14.0%
6.1%
-28.2%



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