This issue of the SiteNet Dispatch heralds the holiday season with a special edition of Blockbuster Deal of the Week. Keeping the Home Fires Burning: Arctic Circle-based multinational S.C. Ltd. (SCL) has ended its site search by deciding to keep its world headquarters parked at the North Pole, owing in part to logistics concerns. The decision quells a rumored strike among SCL's delivery workers. This issue brings you new and exclusive stories from the November 2007 issue of Site Selection, including: Minnesota: "The Missing Link" Russia and CIS: "High Tension, High Investment" Special Advertising Section: Top Business Park Locations Russian Medicine: French pharmaceutical firm Servier has opened a new $55.3-million, 180-employee facility in Sophyno, Russia. THE SITENET DISPATCH IS SPONSORED BY: Louisiana Economic Development and Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development.

There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes: "Results International Opens Office in Ireland" "PCB Connect Opens Office in Finland" "PUMA Launches Subsidiary in Croatia" "GSK to Expand R&D in China" "Outokumpu Opens Sales Office in India" The Dispatch will be on hiatus next week. We wish you a holiday season that's warm, happy and safe. Thanks for reading, and we'll see you in the New Year. Ho, Ho, Ho-pacetic clicking, Jack Lyne Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing

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