Ernst & Young - 73% of companies surveyed are likely to accelerate M&A strategies, driven by mid-cap companies 48% of companies surveyed are willing to pay more to acquire companies now compared to before tax reform 89% of companies surveyed plan to enhance compensation US companies are eying growth initiatives as they seek to deploy anticipated tax savings from the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA), according to the EY Tax Reform Dollar Deployment Survey, conducted jointly by Ernst &...

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aciep - Portugal Global Trade and Investment Agency -   Lisbon once again topped the City Brand Ranking that analyses business, tourism and living conditions of the 308 Portuguese municipalities, with Porto and Cascais taking the second and third spots, Bloom Consulting said on Tuesday. In this fifth edition of the annual study, which measures how the municipalities are seen and classifies the performance of each one's brand, Lisbon was ranked first in all three categories: "Business," "Visiting" and "Living". The top 10...

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BDO USA - Flushed with cash, investors continue to pour capital into their coffers, signaling an optimistic outlook for profitable opportunities. KKR’s $1.45 billion Health Care Strategic Growth Fund and Athyrium Capital Management LP and Neuberger Berman’s $2.025 billion healthcare fund are just two of the largest healthcare focused private equity funds to close recently. On the strategic side, recently announced megamergers, such as CVS’s agreement to acquire Aetna for a whopping $69 billion, will leave competitors with no choice but...

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Pirelli - The passion for motors takes many different forms, spanning distant generations and drivers in search of a variety of different sensations and emotions, from the classic roar of a powerful engine to the latest hi-tech innovations. The most essential elements, shared by all, are a steering wheel (apart from driverless vehicles, that is), four wheels and a road. And the desire to get together to share a common ritual, seeing oneself mirrored in the ever-changing legend of the...

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Cozen O'Conner - Background The BEA conducts a number of surveys to collect data on foreign direct investment in the United States. Reporting to the BEA is mandatory. Any data collected is confidential, and the reporting entity’s prior permission is required before the BEA can release it in any form that would allow the data of an individual reporting entity to be identified. Failure to participate in any mandatory survey may subject the entity and its directors, officers, and employees to...

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Houthoff - On 9 March 2018, the European Commission published its 8th monitoring report on pharmaceutical patent settlements. The monitoring process was launched in 2009 as a result of the pharmaceutical sector inquiry. The sector inquiry report indicated that settlement agreements that limit entry of generic medicines onto the market and include a value transfer from an originator company to one or more generic companies are an example of potentially anti-competitive agreements. Such agreements may have negative effects on consumers...

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BlueStar Strategies - In remarks before his trip to Latin America last month, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson mused about the importance of the Monroe Doctrine, which he called “as relevant today as the day it was written.” Latin American leaders and analysts were largely nonplussed by the Trump administration’s invocation of the nearly 200-year old policy, originally conceived to oppose any efforts by Europe to reassert power over its former colonies in the hemisphere. To be sure, the...

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Philips Lighting - Philips Lighting introduces LiFi: broadband data through light French company Icade pilots Philips LiFi-enabled luminaires at its smart office in Paris Secure and highly stable high-speed Internet connection without compromising light quality First major lighting company to LiFi-enable regular office luminaires Philips Lighting (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, is now offering Light Fidelity (LiFi), a technology in which high quality LED lighting provides a broadband Internet connection through light waves. As the lighting company for...

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Vulcan Consulting - UNITED KINGDOM   British – Russian diplomatic feud descends over accusations of spy poisoning   The British government has formally accused the Kremlin of poisoning a former Russia spy and his daughter in Salisbury, England last week. The target, Sergei Skripal, was part of an exchange of a spies between Russia and the UK several years ago but is now in a critical condition in hospital after being poisoned by a nerve agent called Novichok. With all indications pointing to Moscow,...

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aciep - Portugal Global Trade and Investment Agency After a few years as the new European home of choice for millennials, it would seem that Berlin’s bubble has burst. While the number of Brits in the city increased by 79% between 2000 and 2016, last year’s Nestpick survey of the best cities for millennials saw Amsterdam ranked top, with Berlin nestled at number two. One particularly unexpected entry in the top 5, however, was the Portuguese capital Lisbon.Lisbon’s high placement on the list may be...

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