April 30, 2009
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This week's SiteNet Dispatch features new content from the latest issue of Site Selection:


  • In DNA Meets Device, we learn how convergence and collaboration mark the evolving life sciences scene on the Continent.


  • "SITE Visit" shows us how DHL Grows Gateways throughout Latin America.



  • And in a special Web edition of our Construction Report special advertising section, two experts from the Structure Tone organization share their expertise on going Beyond the Corporate Resume to evaluate your builder as well as you evaluated your site.


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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:
    • "Enex Establishes Facility in Wales"

    • "TCP Establishes Dutch Office"

    • "Hovione to Invest in Ireland"

    • "Fiat to Cut Jobs in Spain"

    • "Certus Launches Offices in Australia"
Where in the World?
Where in the World

Dino-Mighty: That big girl pictured on the right is the "world's largest dinosaur" - a statue of a Tyrannosaurus Rex that stands 86 feet (26 meters) tall, stretches out to a length of 151 feet (46 meters), weighs a whopping 145,000 pounds (65,250 kilograms), and sits in a town that's called "the dinosaur capital of the world."

See if you can name that town - and discover the strange and beautiful natural wonders that lie there in this new edition of "Where in the World?"

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Check the Where In The World Archive!

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