01 Nov
Member News

Vulcan View: The latest EU developments 28 October – 1 November

“Safer Together”: the Niinistö report on EU preparedness and security The European Union faces an increasingly complex landscape of security challenges—from hybrid warfare tactics and climate crises to military threats along its borders. In response to these emerging concerns, former Finnish President Sauli Niinistö -who led his country’s bid to become a NATO member- unveiled on Wednesday (30 October) a comprehensive 164-page report on the European Union’s civilian and military preparedness. The report, titled Safer Together: Strengthening Europe’s Civilian and Military...

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01 Nov
Member News

Curl Translations Granted Women’s Business Enterprise Council (WBEC) and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Certification

Jacksonville, FL – Curl Translations, a boutique language services company offering translation and language-related services in over 60 language combinations, is proud to announce that it has officially been certified as a Women-Owned Business by the Women’s Business Enterprise Council (WBEC). It has also received its Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) certification from the Federal Contract Program of the United States. This certification underscores Curl Translations’ commitment to supporting the network of women-owned businesses in today’s global marketplace. For over 12...

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31 Oct
Member News

Linklaters | Fewer Cases, Faster Results: CFIUS’s 2023 Annual Report to Congress

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the interagency U.S. government body responsible for most national security reviews of inbound foreign investments, is required by law to provide an annual report to Congress on its activities from the previous year. Last week, CFIUS released its annual report to Congress covering activities from calendar year 2023. Here are the main things we learned, including our unique analysis of the statistics reported by CFIUS.   Fewer filings, but more are...

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31 Oct
Chapter News

ECB | The performance of Eurosystem/ECB staff projections for economic growth since the COVID-19 pandemic

Prepared by Adrian Page | Published as part of the ECB Economic Bulletin, Issue 7/2024. In the post-pandemic period, Eurosystem/ECB staff projections for growth have performed well over short horizons, despite the large shocks that have occurred. While the performance of inflation projections since the start of the pandemic has been extensively documented in previous issues of the Economic Bulletin, this box looks at how the Eurosystem/ECB staff projections for real GDP growth have fared during this turbulent period. The growth fluctuations in...

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31 Oct
Chapter News, New York Related News

New York State Governor | Governor Hochul Announces New York Has Landed the First National Semiconductor Technology Center Facility in the Nation

Prestigious Designation Unlocks $825 Million in Federal Funding for Semiconductor R&D at NY CREATES' Albany NanoTech Complex Cements New York as America’s Leading Semiconductor R&D Hub, Will Enable Continued Expansion of State’s High-Tech Ecosystem and Bring Back Hundreds of Good Paying Manufacturing Jobs to New York State The CHIPS for America EUV Accelerator at NY CREATES Will Support U.S. Technological Sovereignty, National Security, American Economic Vitality and Lead to More Powerful Chips for Technology Used Everyday Governor Kathy Hochul today celebrated the...

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30 Oct
Member News

Bannockburn Global Forex | Eurozone Growth Surprises, Lifts Euro, while UK Budget is Awaited

Overview:  The US 10-year yield is off around a dozen basis points off yesterday's high and European growth in Q3 was better than expected. This appears to have encouraged some dollar liquidation today. The greenback is softer against the G10 currencies, but the Canadian dollar and sterling. The much-awaited UK Autumn budget will be announced shortly. Sterling is consolidating around $1.30. Most emerging market currencies also are enjoying a firmer tone today.  Asia Pacific and European equities are trading heavier....

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30 Oct
Chapter News

European Commission | European Innovation Council to invest €1.4 billion in deep tech and scale up of strategic technologies in 2025

The European Innovation Council (EIC), part of the EU research and innovation programme Horizon Europe, will support European deep tech research and high-potential start-ups with €1.4 billion next year. The EIC Work Programme 2025, which the Commission adopted today, represents an increase of nearly €200 million in comparison with 2024. In addition to a bigger budget, the 2025 work programme brings several improvements, including better access to scale-up equity funding with the EIC Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) scale-up scheme,...

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30 Oct
Chapter News

ECB | Geopolitical fragmentation in global and euro area greenfield foreign direct investment

Prepared by Lukas Boeckelmann, Lorenz Emter, Isabella Moder, Giacomo Pongetti and Tajda Spital This box reviews recent developments in global and euro area greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) and analyses the role of geopolitics in shaping these. As firms and policymakers increasingly look at ways to reduce the vulnerability of their supply chains, understanding recent dynamics in greenfield investment is important as these may foreshadow a reconfiguration of global trade networks, the fragmentation of which could be particularly detrimental for the...

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30 Oct
Chapter News

DoC | Commerce Marks One-Year Anniversary of Historic Biden-Harris Administration Executive Order on AI

Leading up to the inaugural convening of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes, Commerce Department highlights implementation of President Biden’s historic AI Executive Order, which tasked the Department with numerous responsibilities to spur the safe development, deployment and adoption of responsible AI.  Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo marked the one-year anniversary of President Biden and Vice President Harris’ historic Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development of AI by reflecting on the progress made by the Commerce...

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29 Oct
Member News

AlixPartners | Leveraging technology to improve program management in the defense industry

Back to basics on program management, the latest AlixPartners point of view on program management, was published in October 2023. Since then, the geopolitical landscape has shifted significantly. Conflict permeates the Middle East, the war in Ukraine has intensified, and the risk of conflict in Asia Pacific remains elevated. In this environment, warfighters increasingly rely on the defense industrial base.  Getting the right weapon system to the right place at the right time is critical. The importance of defense program...

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