AUSTIN-SiteStuff's latest investment round attracts $7 million, of which $4 million comes from new investors. To date, the procurement business has processed 50,000 purchase orders, going from 2,500 in Q1 to 6,000 per month in Q4.

LONDON-Despite the climate of fear in the UK property market, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors predicts that house prices in the UK will go up 6% in 2002. But this compares to a 10% rise in 2001.

TROY, MI-Delphi Automotive earns more than $17 million in tax abatements for its ambitious $163-million rebuilding plan at two manufacturing facilities in Adrian, MI and Wyoming, MI.

LIVERMORE, CA-Private investors have purchased a 5.5-Acre Property from the city, which it will use to develop an office/mixed-use project. The deal includes $840,000 up front and 20% of the upside from the resale of the property to office developers.