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New York State Governor | Governor Hochul Named to the 2025 TIME100 Climate List of the 100 Most Influential Leaders Driving Business Climate Action

Governor Kathy Hochul today has been named to the 2025 TIME100 Climate list, recognizing the 100 most influential global leaders driving business climate action. View the full list on TIME’s website. “I’m proud that New York’s work to build a cleaner, more resilient future is being recognized on a global stage by such an esteemed publication as Time Magazine,” Governor Hochul said. “Our approach is rooted in partnership and practicality: supporting innovation, protecting communities, and ensuring New York’s future is both sustainable and...

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NAL Research | Introducing PntGuard™ – the ultimate safeguard against GNSS spoofing and jamming at sea

LYSAKER, Norway, and MANASSAS, Va., USA, October 30, 2025 — Tschudi Shipping Company, NAL Research, and SGM Technology AS today commercially launched PntGuard™, a maritime-security solution that provides pinpoint situational awareness. It supports navigational integrity at a time when GNSS signals can no longer be taken for granted. A standalone navigational aid independent of all other bridge systems, PntGuard delivers instant alerts the moment a vessel’s position is falsified, providing true position data when other bridge systems are compromised. ELECTRONIC WARFARE: AN ESCALATING MENACE Malicious disruption of GNSS/GPS...

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CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) | AI and Cybersecurity: Protect Your Organization from Emerging Threats

Key insights: • As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to expand and be used in more organizations and more applications, remember the associated risks and need for guardrails. • Information technology departments must stay one step ahead of malicious actors. Develop regulations and governance to verify the security of AI models. • AI can be used to help effectively monitor cybersecurity but it’s important to verify the system has controls to protect against potential compromises. Consider system development lifecycle, change management, segregation of...

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European Commission | EU advances the Savings and Investments Union with measures to mobilise insurers’ and banks’ capital for Europe’s future

The Commission has adopted two measures to support the essential role institutional investors, such as banks and insurers, play in the financing the EU economy.  These measures deliver on the roadmap set out in the Savings and Investments Union (SIU) strategy and contribute to the EU's broader objectives of supporting private investment, improving capital market integration, and strengthening Europe's long-term competitiveness, for the benefit of EU businesses and households.   They aim at boosting equity investments by banks and insurers, including where these investments are made alongside public entities – such as...

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World Bank | Remarks by World Bank Group President Ajay Banga at the 2025 Annual Meetings Plenary

Good morning. Deputy Prime Minister Correia, thank you for chairing this plenary. Kristalina, I’m glad to celebrate this partnership with you. The recent events in Syria and Gaza give us reason to hope that peace is possible wherever conflict exists—DRC, Sudan, Ukraine, Yemen, and beyond. As we hope for peace, we must also prepare for it. In that pursuit, we’ve convened expert groups to plan for reconstruction in Gaza and Ukraine—drawing on regional specialists from both the public and private sectors. The...

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OECD | Changing geopolitical environment reshapes science, technology and innovation policy, says OECD

Rising geopolitical tensions and security concerns about emerging critical technologies are reshaping international co-operation in science, technology and innovation (STI), according to a new OECD report. The OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2025 finds that governments are increasingly aligning their STI policies with economic and national security objectives – from promoting critical research and emerging technologies, to protecting against unauthorised knowledge leakage, and projecting national interests through science diplomacy. This growing securitisation of STI reflects how the changing geopolitical environment is...

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EXIM Bank | EXIM Powers American AI Exports Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), in close coordination with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the U.S. Departments of Commerce and State, is proud to support the launch of the American AI Exports Program—announced yesterday by our interagency partners as a bold, whole-of-government effort under President Trump’s leadership to advance U.S. innovation and global competitiveness in trusted, full-stack artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.   As a member of the Economic Diplomacy Action...

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Panitch Schwarze | USPTO Introduces Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program to Accelerate Patent Examination

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the launch of its Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program, a new initiative aimed at evaluating how limiting the number of claims in a patent application impacts examination efficiency and quality. Ordinarily, new patent applications are examined in the order of their U.S. filing date or national stage entry date. Under this pilot program, however, Applicants with pending, original, noncontinuing utility applications may be eligible for special status—that is, examination out...

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ING to Appoint Ida Lerner as Chief Financial Officer

ING announced today that Ida Lerner will be appointed chief financial officer of ING. Until recently, Ida served as chief financial officer at Norwegian bank DNB. She will succeed Tanate Phutrakul who will step down from his position at ING’s Annual General Meeting in April 2026 as announced in July 2025.
 Effective 1 April 2026, Ida will be appointed as member of the Management Board Banking. The Supervisory Board will propose to shareholders to appoint her as member of the...

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The Medical Link | State-By-State Differences In U.S. Health Insurance – Why Location Matters

The extent to which healthcare differs from state to state is one of the largest surprises faced by foreign businesses expanding into the US. The United States mixes federal laws with state-specific restrictions, in contrast to many other nations with centralized healthcare systems. As a result, there are notable variations in insurance requirements, coverage, and prices throughout the nation. Why States Affect Health Insurance in the United States Each state has its own regulations on coverage requirements, available carriers, and provider...

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