This week's SiteNet Dispatch launches fresh reporting from the March issue of
Site Selection:

• Biopharma R&D is being reassembled nearly as quickly as it's being fractured, in New Friends and Different Space.
  

• Our review of the Northeast regional economy across New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania features an interview with natural gas firm EQT Corp., in Could Gas Play Ignite a Region?
  
  

• The energy thread continues to run throughout the South Central U.S. Leaders of several high-profile corporate projects tell their stories in More Where That Came From.
  

• North American Reports tells us why Texas leads the foreign trade zone race; how high HSBC has set the bar in Burnaby, B.C.; who won the most high-speed rail cash; and how Interstate mile-marker truck speed data might influence your next location decision.

• There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes:
  
  
  • "Huawei Technologies Invests in Hungary"
    
    
  • "Electrolux Expands in Poland"
    
    
  • "Metso Establishes Plant in India"
    
    
  • "Toyota to Cut Jobs in UK"
    
    
  • "Unilever Expands in Russia"

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Read about and link to these conferences and many more listed in the events calendar at SiteNet.com.


• March 24 - 26, 2010 U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit
• March 30 - 31, 2010 Libya Business & Investment Summit 2010
• April 11 - 13, 2010 Southeastern U.S. – Canadian Provinces Alliance Third Annual
• April 13 - 15, 2010 International Facility Management Association "Facility Fusion"
• April 14 - 17, 2010 The 3rd International Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction
• April 18 - 20, 2010 2010 Federal Economic Development Forum
• April 19 - 21, 2010 Procurecon Indirect 2010
• April 20 - 22, 2010 2nd Annual Critical Commodities Conference
• April 21 - 23, 2010 Beijing Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition
• April 22 - 23, 2010 Streamlining Business, Trade & Commerce

IAMC Future Sites Watch

• April 24-28 Spring 2010 Forum, The Broadmoor - Colorado Springs, CO
• October 2-6 Fall 2010 Forum, The Homestead - Hot Springs, VA
• April 30 - May 4 Spring 2011 Forum, Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, Albuquerque, NM
• September 10-14 Fall 2011 Forum, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA
• April 21-25 Spring 2012 Forum, Hyatt Regency Lost Pines - Austin, TX

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