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Trade, Investment, & Geopolitics: Understanding the Economic Effects of China’s Evolving Industrial Policies

Category: AmCham News

With discussion of the ongoing trade negotiations between the United States and China dominating newspapers and television screens across the world, AmCham was thrilled to host the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy’s Matt Ferchen for a highly engaging seminar and roundtable discussion.

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MAREX: DNV GL Helps Washington State’s Maritime and Tech Sectors Converge

Category: Business and Investment News

Pursuing Washington State’s vision of being a world-class, thriving and sustainable maritime industry by 2050, WA Maritime Blue, in partnership with DNV GL and Impact Washington, hosted the inaugural Blue Forum: Uptown Tech Meets the Working Waterfront.  Bolstering the Maritime Sector The Blue Forum: Uptown Tech Meets the Working Waterfront is the first in a […]

Source: MAREX

Shifter: Stop talking, start innovating: How to achieve success in «Silicon Valley Style»

Category: Business and Investment News

To gain real returns business leaders must stop talking and start being innovative daily in their actions, decisions and management approaches. In Silicon Valley innovation comes through action. Jennifer Vessels, founder of Silicon Valley based Next Step, leader of Executive Growth Alliance and speaker. Talk about innovation is everywhere – in board rooms, conferences, employee […]

Source: Shifter

World Oil: Equinor increases share in deepwater Gulf of Mexico from Shell

Category: Business and Investment News

STAVANGER — Equinor has exercised its preferential rights to acquire an additional 22.45% interest in the Caesar Tonga oil field from Shell Offshore Inc for a total consideration of $965 million in cash. This will increase Equinor’s interest from 23.55% to 46.00%. Anadarko remains the operator with a 33.75% interest, and Chevron retains its 20.25% […]

Source: World Oil

Published: May 1, 2019

Bloomberg: Oil-Rich Norway to Stress Test Its Finances Amid Climate Risk

Category: Business and Investment News

Norway, western Europe’s biggest oil and gas producer, plans to stress-test its public finances with different price scenarios to better understand risks related to climate change. The government’s decision follows recommendations from an expert report last year on climate risk, and comes amid an intensifying public debate in the Nordic nation about the future of […]

Source: Bloomberg