NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qarik Group is delighted to welcome Scott Buck as the Global Head of Strategic Partnerships. Scott joins Qarik with more than 25 years of experience in executive level technology positions with extensive expertise building successful strategic partnerships for Fortune 500 global companies. Most recently, Scott served as the Executive Global Partner for Google Cloud at DXC Technology. Prior to DXC, he held senior leadership roles at Deloitte, Accenture, and IBM. Qarik CEO, Joe...

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Over 100 world leaders assembled in New York earlier this week for the United Nation’s annual General Assembly (UNGA). Traditionally, the UNGA is the biggest diplomatic occasion of the year. It provides an opportunity for heads of governments and states to gather and discuss the global issues of the day. This year, the UNGA is different. Russia, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, is in the midst of fully fledged military invasion of another sovereign state, Ukraine. Russian...

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Airbus Atlantic Portugal inaugurated yesterday its new group premises in Santo Tirso, 30 km from Porto, where it produces components for the Airbus A320 and A350, reinforcing its commitment to the Portuguese aeronautical cluster in an investment of 40 million euros, raised and monitored by AICEP. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, the Chairman and CEO of the Portuguese Trade & Investment Agency (AICEP), Luís Castro Henriques, the CEO of Airbus, Cédric Gautier, and...

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On September 15, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO), which connects the work carried out by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) to the Administration’s national security aims beyond the traditional defense industrial base. This is the first EO of its kind since CFIUS was established in 1975. It comes at a critical time during this Administration’s efforts to improve the competitiveness of U.S. technologies and greatly reduce U.S. reliance...

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On 16 September 2022 the federal government reached an agreement on support measures for companies in difficulty as a result of the energy crisis. The government has adopted similar support measures as those which were in force during the coronavirus pandemic. In this respect, the government has introduced a temporary unemployment scheme “energy” and companies can obtain longer deadlines for the payment of their social contributions. For whom? The measures are intended to apply to all companies that find themselves in difficulty...

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