The United States continues to crawl out of its economic slump with women emerging as the key drivers in new business creation. This year’s OPEN State of Women-Owned Business report finds that an estimated 1,200 new businesses a day were started by women in the past year. That number is up from a previous 740 a day. There are now 9.1 million women-owned businesses in the United States, with the top state for women-owned businesses being North Dakota. Source: Open Forum

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