March 8, 2012
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Where is the U.S. Postal Service cutting back its property holdings? What sort of logistics and population picture is that process painting? And what are the redevelopment prospects for some of those first-class locations? The Online Insider seeks answers to these questions and more in Return to Sender.
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Today's SiteNet Dispatch also delivers reports from the March 2012 issue of Site Selection:

  • In February Indiana became the nation's 23rd right-to-work state. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and site selection experts tell us that one fact is already influencing ongoing site searches, in 'The Box That Must Be Checked.'
  • The Academy Award-winning creative director of Moonbot Studios is one of several digital media leaders we talked to about Digital Diversity and the apt environment for apps in the south-central United States.
  • The Gale and the Lull surveys economic developers about the wind energy supply chain and the looming expiration date of the U.S. production tax credit. Should that credit disappear in 2013, it appears the industry is ready to go elsewhere.
  • The Game Changer, a Site Selection Investment Profile, explores how the Southwest Louisiana and Acadiana region supplies energy to the world and skilled workers for expanding companies.
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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:

    • Santander Opens First Branch in Australia
      Spain-headquartered bank Banco Santander has announced the opening of its first branch in Australia, in Sydney...

    • SGS Opens Lab in Burkina Faso
      Switzerland-based inspection and certification company SGS SA has opened a new Mobile Sample Preparation Unit (MSPU) in...

    • Adform Launches Office in Finland
    • Denmark-based Adform, a provider of digital advertising solutions, has opened an office in Finland...

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    travel blog launch

    SiteNet.com's virally popular travel blog OnSITE documents the experiences of travelers checking in from outposts around the world, with recent posts featuring a bit of Switzerland in Dixie; why laughter may truly be the best medicine; white-knuckle driving through a sudden snowstorm in beautiful southern Virginia; occasionally fuzzy history and dependably fuzzy koalas in Sydney; a visit to the much-glorified rock Uluru in the Outback; whales and other wonders of San Diego; Portland's ultra-genuine Pearl District.
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