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ShortListNews complements our reference websites, market research
work, and independent referral services for executives and their
professional advisors, including economic development organizations.
New custom search tools support
business site selection and other decisions as executives plan investment projects
to expand operations in new
locations. Background
below. |

Ask us about
exhibiting at
Cityscape USA 2009
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Cityscape events worldwide |
Executives:
Let us help
find what you are seeking as you research and select new business
locations for expansion projects anywhere. This is a free research and
independent referral service, somewhat like a global concierge
service in this niche market
for executives at growing companies who are facing site selection decisions.
About Us. New tools: Search selected
executive search,
international tax and
international business law
firms for the specialized market knowledge which they share through
their websites - without millions of irrelevant results from other types of
websites. Find the experts you need. |

Cityscape USA 2008 background
information
and images
with links to some of the exhibitors. |
| Our global
commercial real estate search
tool makes it easy to find local contacts, market reports, and other
information worldwide. Other innovative market research tools remain
under development, such as to help network CRE dealmakers globally. |
See our
October 2008 analysis of the
interests of our visitors. See our latest analysis of
Business Roundtable CEO Survey
results, and our analysis of US investment
project trends since 1994. |
Try
our new Search: Americas feature -
for the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The state search tools make it easy
to find content on over 2000 local economic development and chamber of
commerce websites. A similar
Search: Europe feature covers
40 countries. |
Our
analysis of 2006 - 2007 visits to our
state economic development directories is an indicator of the interests of
our visitors. In short, which were the "hot states"
or regions among our
600,000 visitors last year? |
| Our individual
project referrals are confidential, but this website helps
economic developers and professional service providers to reach
more executives
as they do research for the growth plans by their companies. |
Ask us about targeted online
advertising on this website, or
about advertising in fDi
magazine (published by the Financial Times group). |
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summary, and link for details |
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International Business
Times
Online business news - published in 12 countries and in 7
languages. |
| What are 2008
US presidential election candidates saying on topics related to economic
development and business
growth? Try our research tool
for their campaign and party websites and for the offices they already hold. |
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Our analysis of Business Roundtable
CEO Survey 2002-2008 Results |

Analysis of
US Regional
Directory Visits on our reference website |
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| Visit our
selective directory of
humanitarian, charitable, and philanthropic community services, as
well as our
"green" directory with resources related to sustainable economic
development. |
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Background information - Cityscape USA
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 We
provide independent
referrals for capital investment project planning. |
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Contact:
Bruce Donnelly TEL 847-304-4655 Chicago.
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Growth from 200,000 to 600,000+ visits per year in just 3 years

Chart of monthly website visitors, 2004 - 2008 |
| Our directory of
local, national, and
international business forums makes it easier to find organizations
through which global business leaders collaborate on issues related to
world affairs, foreign relations, global trade and competitiveness, as
well as economic development issues and corporate or personal
philanthropy. |

Toronto on fDi Atlas |

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Enterprise Florida
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What is ShortListNews.com?
This is a new way to consolidate and openly share useful information in this
niche market through online collaboration among many professionals. |
Global
Direct Investment Solutions is a global reference guide and independent
referral service - like a concierge service for executives in this niche -
to support business location strategies and site selection decisions by
sharing over 25,000 resources and contacts worldwide. |
This ties
together three networks of contacts to share knowledge which can help
executives to plan capital investment projects in new locations.
 | Professional service providers specialized in this
niche |
 | Economic development professionals |
 | Executives responsible for business location decisions |
More details will be shared as the 2007 launch plan
moves forward. |
OnTheShortList provides business location research reports and search
tools with more selective and detailed content, including links to
search fDi magazine
and other unique features such as
Area Search,
USA Search,
Europe Search,
CRE Search,
Event Search and
Media Search.
Contact us to discuss how our
work can support corporate project plans as well as economic development and
professional services marketing by helping to introduce relevant contacts to
each other more efficiently. |
| Try our unique custom
Search tool above. You can add it to your own iGoogle home page with
the "Add to Google" button. There are also other custom search tools
on this website for US regions and states which you can save for future
reference the same way. |
Contact us to become a PR, news, or
professional contributor (free).
Please refer to the Add News guidance in this regard. We will feature
qualified professional contributors of content through our Links page. |
| Our new
Search: Americas service makes it easy
to search through multiple states in a region as well as multiple counties,
cities and other local economic development websites within any US state. This
unique research tool for business site selection decisions will soon be available in all US
states, Canada, and Mexico. |
We selectively
share relevant news, press releases, professional insights, global contacts,
and business location research tools. Refer to the
links above to Add News (free) or
Advertise at low cost on the most relevant
pages. |
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