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  Yes, there's Some Reassembly Required, as our in-depth look at North American Life Sciences demonstrates. But there are gobs of jobs in that effort, including MPI's 3,300-employee expansion in Michigan.
  

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  New England is convincing a lot of companies that Staying Home is their strongest expansion solution.

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  May's "Editor's View" salutes The Little Province That Could - a place where they're actually cutting personal and corporate income taxes.

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  There's a potent Network of Networks brewing in Saxony, where the German state's expertise and infrastructure are attracting many high-growth multinationals, as our Investment Profile reports.

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IPA World News

• There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes:
  
  
  • "Clash-Media Expands into France"
    
    
  • "Recticel Continues Expansion in Estonia"
    
    
  • "Wolford to Begin Production in Slovenia"
    
    
  • "ISS Launches Office in Singapore"
    
    
  • "Ajinomoto Opens R&D Site in Russia"
    

Where in the World?

Dino-Mighty: That big girl pictured on the left 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?" Looking for more geographical challenges? Check the Where In The World Archive!

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Editor's Note

Project New America: Also available online, free of charge, is Site Selection Publisher 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. Additional material online includes:


• Conway's commentary on how Project New America meshes with the Obama recovery plan.
• Experts' opinions about Project New America, including endorsements from economic developers and opinion leaders from around the country.
• The Project New America Energy Industries Index, featuring a listing of energy companies by nation and state.

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  • June 10 - 11, 2009 - World Forum for Direct Investment
  • June 18, 2009 - Sustainability Forum Frankfurt
  • June 18, 2009 - The New Urban Economic Model: The Transformation of Fairfax County
  • June 24 - 27, 2009 - European Real Estate Society Annual Conference
  • July 12 - 15, 2009- ESRI Business GIS Summit and International User Conference
  • September 19-23 - IAMC Fall 2009 Professional Forum - Minneapolis-St. Paul

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