February 19, 2009
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Site Selection magazine 
This week's SiteNet Dispatch features new content from the January issue of Site Selection:


  • Central Plains: The Power of Stability     looks at the details behind the new Yahoo! facilities in Greater Omaha and the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security's selection of Manhattan, Kan., for its highly sought $451-million National Bio and Agro-Defense facility.


  • World Reports     chronicles the still-healthy flow of corporate projects to China, the state of industrial robotics, and a family of coffee-related projects that will perk up local economies in Europe and Malaysia. ;


  • And our Special Advertising Section on Airport Commerce brings us keen insights on the industrial development potential of small airports from Barry Rondinella, deputy director of airport operations for the Sacramento County Airport System.



IPA World News 
  • There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes:
    • "Tata Communications Invests in Singapore"

    • "Kocks Consult Opens Branch in Azerbaijan"

    • "Dachser Continues Expansion in China"

    • "BMW to Cut 850 Staff in UK"

    • "Peterka and Partners Launches in Bulgaria"
Editor's Note 
    Also online this week are new additions to the commentary and updates vis-a-vis McKinley Conway's timely new book, Project New America. Conway's 45th book, Project New America offers a detailed plan for national investment in alternative energy to create millions of jobs and make the nation energy independent. New material added online includes:

    Click here to access and download, free of charge, the complete text of Project New America. SiteNet (01/2009)


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