September 6, 2007
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Iraq — it's hardly anyone's idea of an ideal and stable business climate. But with the world's third-largest oil reserves and privatization looming, the country is attracting a host of petro giants, including Chevron, Dow Chemical, Royal Dutch Shell and Total SA.
Iraq
Investment hot spot? As a phase-down of coalition troops in Iraq looks more likely, foreign oil firms are headed in the opposite direction.

This week's SiteNet Dispatch brings you new and exclusive stories from the hot-off-the-presses September 2007 issue of Site Selection, including:

  • Cover Story: "The UAE Turns Dreams to Reality" (Expanded Web Edition)
  • The 2007 Global Infrastructure Report: "The Infrastructure Dilemma"
  • Project Finance: "It Tolls for Thee"
  • Malaysia Editorial Survey: "Dynamic Stability"
Malaysia
Stylishly Spanning the Gap: Malaysia is planning a second bridge for the strait that separates the island of Penang from the country's northern mainland.
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There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes:

  • "Alphabet Launches Office in Denmark"
  • "Continental to Launch R&D Site in Japan"
  • "Rutronik Opens Subsidiary in Serbia"
  • "Dominant Launches in Vietnam"
  • "Ixonos Launches Subsidiary in Germany"

In other news, the Panama Canal's US$5.2-billion expansion got underway with a major bang on Monday, just as we told readers it would in last year's September cover story. To see a video of the literally explosive opening ceremonies for a project that will double the canal's capacity, just click the play button under the canal image below.

Finally, who is the serious-looking gent pictured here and what on earth spurred him to found the world's largest windshield wiper manufacturer, which is headquartered in the city that's the topic of our latest "Where in the World?" It may sound like a simple-enough story, but it had an abundance of fortunate accidents, flashes of genius and compulsive crashes.

Copacetic clicking,

Jack Lyne
Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing

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