New Policy May Provide Hope to Employers Frustrated by Historically High Denial Rates for High-Skilled Specialized Employee Transfers Over the past decade, in a trend that has caused concern among many U.S. employers, denial rates for high-skilled foreign national employee transfer visa petitions have increased substantially. In fact, according to a recent report from the National Foundation for American Policy, the denial rate for L-1B high-skilled international transfer visas increased to an historic high of 35 percent in FY 2014....

A common trait in Portuguese entrepreneurs is their excessive individuality. In traditional sectors this has been most unfortunate, as it has inhibited cooperation between exporting companies that are usually small in the world stage and could benefit hugely if they worked more closely together. ] I’ve even witnessed first hand a Private Equity firm trying to promote an agreement between portfolio companies to jointly scout a specific foreign market. At the first opportunity, companies tried to steal clients from one another!In the...

SRR's Women's Resource Group is proud to award scholarships to qualified female students pursuing a career in business. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide financial assistance to young women who embody SRR's core values and ambitions, and to aid in their aspirations of obtaining a business-related career. Congratulations to the Winners of SRR's Women in Business 2014 Scholarships (pictured above): Christina Wells - Michigan State University (top) Rachel Kitchens - University of South Carolina (lower left) Sarah Knop - Texas...

  Many of New York City’s as-of-right economic incentive programs are due to expire soon. This means that benefits used to attract and retain businesses throughout the five boroughs are at stake. If your company has projects which may be eligible for these benefits, please take note. Agreements and applications must be made 2 weeks before these programs expire. More information & link to download here

BOS Container USA Inc. together with its sister company TK Markets Finland Oy have released a new website. The new release acts as a comprehensive list of our current dealership network, a portal for more information on our best selling Quick Build –container, as well as covers the rest of the BOS'  product range from warehouses to container warehouses to mobile boxes. Expanded picture gallery introduces various products in use. Visit www.boscontainer.com or email orders@boscontainer.com.  

In recent years Irish airline Ryanair has been involved in numerous legal battles against so-called ‘screen scrapers’ across Europe. ‘Screen scraping’ is the manner in which some price-comparison websites automatically collect and compare data from various service providers’ websites without such service providers’ consent. This practice has led to litigation across Europe. In this most recent decision, the Irish Supreme Court confirmed that the Irish Courts have jurisdiction to deal with alleged screen scraping of the Ryanair site. This decision,...

A spin-off occurs when a company identifies a division or subsidiary of the company and separates it by creating a newly independent company. For a publicly traded company, this typically involves the parent company (the “Parent”) distributing shares of the subsidiary or division (“SpinCo”), usually resulting in the existing shareholders receiving a pro rata ownership share in each company. In 2014, more than 80 spin-offs were announced, a record high over the past five years. As shown in the chart, the number of announced spin-offs has exceeded that of...