Virginia is the most business-friendly state in the U.S., according to a report released by Pollina Corporate Real Estate Inc., a site-selection consulting company based in Park Ridge, Ill.

Linens of the Week will open a new state-of-the-art industrial laundry facility in Chesterfield County in late November. The 50,000-square-foot plant will immediately provide more than 60 new jobs to the area.

DuPont Engineering Polymers will create 20 new jobs with a major new ploymer plant in Chesterfield County.

A series of “lunchtime” workshops will be held at the Department of Economic Development.

Governor Mark R. Warner announced that HCA would expand operations at its Patient Account Services Center in the Boulders office complex in Chesterfield County. The expansion will bring 160 new jobs with an annual payroll of $4.8 million. Virginia successfully competed with Georgia and Tennessee for the project.