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SUNY New Paltz Students Seeking Fall Internship Opportunities

EACCNY Member SUNY New Paltz  is seeking full time placements from October 21 to December 18(students need a minimum of 32 hrs. /week, 40 is preferred).  They are able to work for academic credit and/or compensation with their J1 Intern visa. Timeline: The students are ready for interviews starting in September, and can be in your NYC office with a days notice. Majors: New Paltz has a diverse group of young professionals whose internship interests include: advertising, branding,  communications, event planning, fashion, HR, management, marketing, media,...

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Jodi Pulice of JRT Realty Group Named REBNY’s Bernard H. Mendik Lifetime Leadership in Real Estate Award Winner

JRT Realty is pleased to announce that its Founder & CEO Jodi Pulice has been selected as the recipient of REBNY’s Bernard H. Mendik Lifetime Leadership in Real Estate Award. Left to Right: Kevin Wang, Jodi Pulice, Bill Rudin, David Greenbaum Photo by Jill Lotenberg The prestigious award is presented to REBNY members who “have displayed exceptional service to the real estate industry and professional accomplishments over the course of their distinguished careers.” The award is named for the late Bernard...

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New tax incentives for inbound workers and (individual) entrepreneurs in Italy

Italian Law Decree No. 34 of April 30, 2019 entered into force on May 1, 2019 and introduced new tax incentives for workers, entrepreneurs, researchers and professors who transfer their tax residence in Italy from 2020. The new provisions should attract individuals and new capital by providing appealing tax incentives, including a reduction of the taxable basis in the event of relocation to Italy. Italian law currently provides four different attractive tax regimes for new resident individuals: – Article 16...

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European Parliament gives green light to Christine Lagarde

Christine Lagarde obtained Parliament’s approval to be the ECB’s next President, in a plenary vote on Tuesday. In the secret vote, MEPs voted 394 in favour, 206 against and 49 abstentions to recommend Ms Lagarde to head up the European Central Bank. The European Parliament gives a non-binding opinion on whether or not a candidate is suitable to fill the role of President of the ECB, with the final decision taken by the European Council. She is due to replace the...

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Committed to Accelerated Climate Action

Climate change is a defining challenge of our generation and the European Union (EU)  has been at the forefront of negotiating a multilateral framework to respond to this global challenge. In 2015, the EU diplomacy played a leading role in brokering the historic and global Paris Climate Agreement. 195 countries agreed on a simple goal: to hand over to future generations a healthier planet and more prosperous, modern and fair societies. The EU has acted domestically with speed and decisiveness to...

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Netherlands’ Tax Plan 2020

By Sylvia Dikmans, Rob Havenga, Paulus Merks & Alexander van der Voort Maarschalk | Houthoff On Budget Day (Prinsjesdag), traditionally the third Tuesday of September, the Dutch government proposes its Tax Plan (Belastingplan) for the coming year to parliament. The list of legislative proposals is extensive this year and is likely to have a significant impact on existing legislation. These proposals are partially due to recent developments in the EU. We have highlighted the main proposals below. Adjustments to the...

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An article in English legalese, but shouldn’t we say Franco-English legalese?

By Mathieu Legendre A small fiction (or essay) that illustrates the French roots of legal English: Let’s talk about your client.  His organization recently became a victim of espionage. As usual, you give him good direction and advise him about the procedures he must follow. You will do your best, as you have never been accused of malpractice or negligence. The suspects broke into your client’s office. It was not a force majeure, so you can accuse them of vandalism. Your client...

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IMF: Sluggish Global Growth Calls for Supportive Policies

By Gita Gopinath IMF In our July update of the World Economic Outlook we are revising downward our projection for global growth to 3.2 percent in 2019 and 3.5 percent in 2020. While this is a modest revision of 0.1 percentage points for both years relative to our projections in April, it comes on top of previous significant downward revisions. The revision for 2019 reflects negative surprises for growth in emerging market and developing economies that offset positive surprises in...

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Remarks by Mário Centeno following the Eurogroup meeting

Good afternoon, let me start by thanking our Finnish friends for hosting us here in Helsinki. Today we welcomed two newcomers in our group. Christos Staikouras from Greece and Roberto Gualtieri from Italy. We heard their policy priorities for the near future and their commitment with policies that contribute to preserving the stability of the euro. I should note that Roberto is no stranger to the group as he attended the Eurogroup before in his previous capacity as ECON Chair...

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Tradewind Appoints Jose E. Roca as Senior Vice President

Tradewind today announced that Jose Roca has joined the team as Senior Vice President in the firm’s New York office. Jose will be responsible for expanding the company’s sales base and program offerings. Jose has over 20 years’ experience as a senior banking executive on the asset-based lending side along with experience providing working capital facilities for refinancing, restructurings, turnarounds and acquisitions. He joins Tradewind from People’s United Bank where he was SVP Business Development. Prior to joining People’s United...

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