Quality of life: Sure, everybody talks about it. But what does that elusive attribute really mean in corporate location? Austin Consulting's Michelle Comerford provides an analysis of quality of life's site-selection significance in this week's SiteNet Dispatch. Strong Schools - A Double-Edged Sword in Site Selection: The presence of a highly ranked school like Yale (pictured) can be a major quality-of-life plus. At the same time, though, the proximity of a major academic institution can be a major operational consideration in siting high-end facilities like R&D operations. This week's SiteNet Dispatch brings readers new and exclusive stories from the July 2008 Site Selection, including: The Caribbean Basin: "Redefining Tourism" Semiconductors & Electronics: "Second Base" Special Advertising Section - Zones of Opportunity: "From Distress to Success" Hugely Instrumental: After looking at China, Thailand and Vietnam, Texas Instruments decided to expand again in the Philippines, choosing Clark Freeport Zone to build a US$1-billion, 3,000-job facility that's designed to be the most environmentally efficient assembly/test site in the world. THE SITENET DISPATCH IS SPONSORED BY: New Jersey Commerce and Lehigh Valley.

There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes: "Kongsberg Maritime Establishes JV in China" "VW Plans New Research Site in India" "Riva Group Expands in Germany" "NYK Opens Training Centre in Singapore" "Vodafone Builds New German HQ" Photo: Ian Britton, FreeFoto.com Big Bird: That outsized fellow that's pictured on the right is "the world's largest penguin" - 27 feet (8.2 meters) tall and weighing in at 10,000 pounds (4,500 kilograms). See if you can name the city in which the penguin stands - and find out how it got there - in our new "Where in the World?" Copacetic clicking, Jack Lyne Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing

Upcoming Conferences and Expositions of Note Read more on the expanded events calendar at SiteNet.com. August 27 - 29, 2008 International Conference: Urban Development, Regeneration and Finance University of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus, Belfast, Northern Ireland September 8 - 11, 2008 CIFIT - China International Fair for Investment & Trade Xiamen, China September 8 - 10, 2008 Infrastructure Finance Summit Sutton Place Hotel, Chicago, IL September 13 - 16, 2008 Economic Developers Association of Canada Annual Conference Delta Hotel, Fredericton, NB, Canada September 13 - 17, 2008 IAMC Fall 2008 Professional Forum The Skirvin Hilton and the Colcord, Oklahoma City, OK September 17 - 18, 2008 21st Century Technology for Logistics and Manufacturing in North America Laredo, TX September 17 - 18, 2008 The Industry Primer: Development Bond Finance Course Doubletree Washington, DC October 6 - 8, 2008 Expo Real New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Munich, Germany October 6 - 9, 2008 Cityscape Dubai Dubai International Exhibition Centre, Dubai, U.A.E. October 19 - 22, 2008 IEDC Annual Conference Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, GA October 20 - 22, 2008 North American Port & Intermodal Finance & Investment Summit St. Regis Hotel, Houston, TX October 20 - 23, 2008 Development 08 (NAIOP Annual Conference) The Hotel at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV November 19 - 21, 2008 MIPIM Asia Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong November 30 - December 3, 2008 The 8th World Free Zone Convention The Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC The Investment and Marketing Corporation Saxony-Anhalt (IMG) is the business location service and marketing agency of Saxony-Anhalt. IMG's staff provides all BLS services - from acquisition to launch, as well as business and science location services. IMG also assists in developing tourist-related projects. Saxony-Anhalt’s government is the sole IMG shareholder. IMG supervisory board chairman is Dr. Reiner Haseloff, Minister of Economics and Labor. IMG is committed to being: 1. Your location search partner 2. Your partner in funding issues 3. Your partner in dealing with public authorities 4. Your project implementation partner Our services are free, and we’ll work hard to show the competitive edge available to your business in Saxony-Anhalt! For more information on investment opportunities in Saxony-Anhalt, contact Barbara Splitthoff by phone at +49 (0) 391-568-9921, by mobile at +49 (0) 160-587-2597, or by e-mail at barbara.splitthoff@img-sachsen-anhalt.de. On the Web, go to www.invest-in-saxony-anhalt.com. www.invest-in-saxony-anhalt.com paid advertisment CONDUCT LOCATION RESEARCH ON ANY U.S. STATE OR COMMUNITY DevelopmentAlliance.com has always offered detailed state, county, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical data for companies seeking new business locations in the U.S. ... The Web site enables comparisons of critical data sets from every U.S. county and gives corporate site selectors the ability to select up to five communities at once for a side-by-side comparison. Now you can also find important international data through our International Guide. This is a free service of Conway Data, Site Selection magazine, SiteNet.com and the International Economic Development Council. Just log on to DevelopmentAlliance.com and find out what thousands of other site selectors have already discovered: DevelopmentAlliance.com is the place to go when conducting Internet-based research on possible business locations. FREE LOCATION ASSISTANCE is just a click away! NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION SIGN UP FOR SITENET DISPATCH Did a friend forward you this e-mail? Sign up for your own free e-mail newsletter by visiting http://www.sitenet.com MISSING ISSUES? Please add SiteNet Dispatch [dispatch@sitenet.com] to your address book to prevent your email system from filtering our newsletters as spam. Look at our online archive to find what you missed, http://www.sitenet.com/dispatch/archive.cfm FEEDBACK Please send comments about content to Adam Bruns or suggestions for how to improve this newsletter to Shannon Landin. MAGAZINE CUSTOMER SERVICE For magazine subscription concerns such as back issues, address changes, and account status information, please visit our customer service department at http://www.siteselection.com/response Would you prefer to read this newsletter in your web browser? Click here. The SiteNet Dispatch is best viewed at a screen resolution of 800 x 600 or larger. The SiteNet Dispatch is a free service of SiteNet (http://www.sitenet.com), the Internet's premier source of corporate real estate and economic development information. Copyright 2008, Conway Data, Inc. All Rights Reserved. You are subscribed as: eeee To change the format in which you receive this email, update your contact information or cancel your subscription, please click here.