With the holiday season hitting high gear, this week's SiteNet Dispatch serves up a long-overdue installment of "From the Mail Pouch." This time out, readers raise a host of issues, including desalination designs in California; Florida's persuasive incentive packages; U.S. visa limits; the R&D tax credit's expiration; and Atlanta's water situation.
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| Don't Leave Home without It: Are U.S. visa limits "excessive and overly elastic"? One reader thinks so. "There was no shortage of talented U.S. citizen STEM workers," he contends. "There is no shortage of talented U.S. citizen STEM workers."
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This week's Dispatch brings readers new and exclusive stories from the November 2008 edition of Site Selection:
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| A Less Taxing Situation: Germany's overhaul of its national tax laws has cut costs for machine-tool manufacturers like Aschersleben-based Schiess (pictured), which make up the backbone of the nation's economy. |
There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes:
- "Merkur Opens Metal Factory in Serbia"
- "Elan Launches Branch in Germany"
- "Skoda Plans New Plant in Vietnam"
- "VPK Packaging Invests in Romania"
- "Aldi to Create 650 Jobs in Ireland"
Where in the World? Hungry enough to eat a small Minotaur, you say? Be careful what you wish for. Pictured here is "the world's biggest hamburger," weighing in at an absolutely ridiculous 164.5 pounds (74 kilograms). Can you name the city in which this humongous hamburger is made?
Ready 'n' Rarin' to Go for Your Online Reading: You can now get the entire November edition of the award-winning Site Selection online by simply using our new reader. And, by using the "Navigate" menu in the upper left-hand corner, resourceful readers can also:
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Jack Lyne
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Upcoming Conferences and Expositions of Note
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- November 30 - December 3, 2008 The 8th World Free Zone Convention The Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC
- December 8 - 10, 2008 Cityscape India Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India
- December 10 - 12, 2008 AURP 2008 Annual Conference Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, St. Petersburg, FL
- January 29 - 30, 2009 Corporate Sustainability Summit Hilton Austin, Austin, TX
- February 2 - 4, 2009 Logicon Europe 2009 Hotel Bloom,
Brussels, Belgium
- February 23 - 26, 2009 Utility Economic Development Association Marriott Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, St. Petersburg, FL
- March 16 - 18, 2009 JAXPORT 2009 Logistics and Intermodal Conference Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, FL
- March 26 - 27, 2009 Gaining Ground: Sustainable Urban Development Leadership Summit Camino Real Hotel, Guanajuato, Mexico
- March 31 - April 3, 2009 LogiChem Europe 2009 Hilton Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
- May 2 - 6 2009 Spring 2009 IAMC Professional Forum Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC
- May 5 - 7 2009 2009 CDFA Annual Development Finance Summit Omni William Penn, Pittsburgh, PA
- May 5 - 8 2009 Gaining Ground: Energy and the Future of Cities Westin Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- June 1 - 4 2009 IASP World Conference on Science and Technology Parks Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC
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