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Expansion Management.com E-News for September 20, 2005

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In This Newsletter:

1. New Study Ranks 362 Metro Areas to Determine the Most Logistics-Friendly Metros in the U.S.

2. Foreign Automakers Continue Expansions into the South

3. COMMENTARY: We All Pay for Procrastination in More Ways Than One

4. When Expanding Operations Overseas, Plan, Prepare and Succeed

5. Recent facility expansions and relocations
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1. New Study Ranks 362 Metro Areas to Determine the Most Logistics-Friendly Metros in the U.S.
Expansion Management’s fifth annual Logistics Quotient™ study, in partnership with Logistics Today magazine, ranks the most logistics-friendly metros in the country according to 10 major logistics categories. READ MORE


2. Foreign Automakers Continue Expansions into the South
Companies continue to build plants, grow work force throughout the region, thanks in part to states’ eagerness to attract them. READ MORE


3. COMMENTARY: We All Pay for Procrastination in More Ways Than One
Our country has a long — and bipartisan — history of postponing needed infrastructure spending in order to use the money for other purposes. READ MORE


4. When Expanding Operations Overseas, Plan, Prepare and Succeed
Growing your company outside the United States can be difficult, but not impossible.
READ MORE

5. Recent facility expansions and relocations
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and RBS Greenwich Capital are proposing to consolidate operations and relocate their headquarters to a new $400 million, 500,000 square foot facility in Stamford, Conn.. … and other short news briefs involving companies that have recently expanded or relocated facilities. READ MORE

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