June 02, 2020 | On May 29, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order suspending the admission of Chinese nationals seeking entry to the U.S. with F-1 or J-1 visas if those visa holders have been affiliated with certain institutions tied to the Chinese military. According to the order, Chinese authorities “use some Chinese students, mostly post-graduate students and post-doctorate researchers, to operate as non-traditional collectors of intellectual property,” which threatens U.S. “economic vitality and the safety and security of the American...

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According to OECD Innovative Response Tracker, Portugal is the country with more innovative projects to fight Covid19, followed by the UK, Ireland and the USA. Compliments of AICEP Portugal Global - a member of the EACCNY.

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We are excited to announce today that AlixPartners has acquired Matrix Economics, a leading independent economics consulting boutique, specializing in complex antitrust litigation, mergers, and regulatory proceedings. Dr. Tasneem Chipty, Founder and Managing Principal of Matrix Economics, will lead our U.S. Economics practice, and the Matrix team will continue to be based in Boston. This combination will bolster the firm’s global Economics Consulting practice, offering significant benefits to you, our clients. Together, we strengthen our ability to respond quickly and...

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June 1, 2020 | The investment climate in June will be shaped by forces that emerged in May.  Many countries began relaxing lockdowns and various activity-based alternative data, like traffic pattern, Open Table Reservations showed improvement on the margins.  Sentiment surveys, while mostly still depressed, were better than April readings.  The long slog back has begun.  There was also optimism over several different vaccines that had been initiated or soon will begin human tests.  The hope is that with regulatory...

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TreppWire has introduced a weekly podcast that provides listeners with up-to-date information on commercial real estate, structured finance and banking by exploring how recent events have impacted the markets and the daily lives of market participants. So far, the episodes have consisted of the following: Latest Episode: The Future of CRE with Brian Stoffers, Global President at CBRE and MBA Chairman (June 23rd, 2020) Episode 16: Signs of Stress in the Corporate CLO Market, Record-Breaking CMBS Delinquencies, Exodus from Big Cities (June 18th,...

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May 22, 2020 | Why every organization should be thinking about their cyber preparedness now – even in the midst of a global pandemic. As storefronts shut down, supply chains freeze up, consumer behaviors transform, and the world’s workforce goes remote, most organizations across the globe are facing major disruptions and are currently in crisis mode.  This all means that business continuity plans and crisis communications playbooks, are likely coming off the shelf and being put to use. But what happens if,...

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