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EIB | NXP secures €1 billion EIB loan to advance semiconductor innovation in Europe

€1 billion EIB loan will help fuel NXP’s research, development, and innovation (RDI) efforts in Austria, France, Germany, The Netherlands and Romania Loan will accelerate NXP’s RDI aimed at various end markets including automotive, Industrial, and Internet of Things (IoT) Supporting critical EU technology is a key EIB priority as outlined in its strategic roadmap and furthers EIB’s commitment to the EU Chips Act NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced that it has secured a €1 billion loan...

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FSB | The Relevance of Transition Plans for Financial Stability

Transition plans hold potential for enhancing financial stability assessments by providing forward-looking information that can be useful to measure and monitor climate-related risks. This report considers the role that financial and non-financial firms’ transition plans can play for financial stability assessments, in particular as a source of information for monitoring climate-related financial risks and vulnerabilities, and as a tool for helping to address some of those risks. Climate transition planning and the resulting outputs – transition plans – have seen increased...

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Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

DoC | Prioritizing Space Commerce Within the Commerce Department

Today, the Department of Commerce Office of Space Commerce published a report on the department’s space commerce accomplishments under the Biden-Harris Administration.  A message from Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Under the Biden-Harris Administration, the Department of Commerce has taken many concrete actions to promote the growth and competitiveness of the U.S. commercial space sector. The Department’s strategic objective to “advance U.S. leadership in the global commercial space industry” makes the lives of American citizens easier every day. Critical space services –...

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PwC | US State Income Tax Digest

Welcome to the US State Income Tax Digest. We highlight significant income and business tax legislation, regulatory adoptions, judicial decisions, and administrative guidance. We hope that you find the digest valuable and look forward to your feedback. Featured article: Louisiana enacts major tax changes in special session A package of bills approved by the Louisiana State Legislature in special session and signed by Governor Jeff Landry (R) on December 5 includes significant tax changes, including for income, franchise, and sales and...

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Thompson Hine | 2025 Brings New Pay Transparency Requirements to Five States

Beginning January 1, 2025, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts joined the growing list of states and municipalities across the country that have enacted pay transparency legislation imposing compensation disclosure obligations on employers. These new laws, which take effect at various points in 2025, will require employers in these jurisdictions to update their job postings and internal procedures to comply with each state’s pay transparency requirements. Following are the key requirements of each new law.   ILLINOIS Illinois’ pay transparency law, which...

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IPTI | Property Tax in the News – January 2025

USA California: Wildfires - how homeowners can receive financial help Property owners whose homes or buildings were damaged or destroyed by the extreme windstorms and wildfires may qualify for temporary tax relief, L.A. County officials announced. Under the Misfortune and Calamity Property Tax Relief program, property owners can receive temporary tax relief with adjustments made to reflect the reduced value of the property until repairs or rebuilding are completed, according to the County Assessor's Office. The damage must exceed $10,000 in the current...

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Chapter News, New York Related News

NY Fed | Inflation Expectations Mixed; Job Turnover Expectations Decline

NEW YORK—The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the December 2024 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that inflation expectations were unchanged at the short-term horizon, increased at the medium-term horizon, and decreased at the longer-term horizon. The average perceived likelihoods of a job loss, voluntary job separation, and finding a job in the event of a job loss all declined. While year-ahead household income growth expectations declined slightly and are now comparable to...

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Member News, Trade & TTIP Related

Jaguar Freight | The Weekly Roar – A strike averted, alliances reshuffle, increased air cargo usage, how cybersecurity needs to evolve, and a final look back at 2024.

In the best news so far of 2025, a tentative agreement on a new six-year master contract has been reached by the ILA and USMX. The two parties decided to keep working under the current agreement until the union could set up a ratification vote. A joint statement said, “With the modernization of East and Gulf coast ports, this agreement creates the capacity they need to maintain our supply chains and protects existing ILA jobs while establishing a framework for implementing technologies that...

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Ogletree Deakins | Beltway Buzz: Key Developments from Washington, D.C.

Welcome to the 119th Congress. Even before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in on January 20, 2025, change has come to Washington, D.C., as the 119th Congress gaveled in late last week. Here is what the Buzz is watching as the new Congress kicks off: A Trifecta? Yes, but … Republicans control the White House, as well as the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, but that doesn’t mean that getting legislation to President-elect Trump’s desk is going to be easy. In...

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ECB | Public vs. private R&D: impacts on productivity

Blog post by Arnaud Dyèvre | Investments in R&D typically foster productivity growth. But the funding source matters. The ECB Blog shows that publicly funded R&D complements private investments and has greater effects on productivity growth because of its larger spillovers. Arguably, the track record of government-funded innovation is mixed. On the one hand, governments have funded some technological endeavours that later turned out to be unsuccessful and costly. On the other hand, the history of technology is also filled...

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