News from April 2022
Exclusive Networks CSO on new partnership: We are 'focused on meeting customer and partner demand across Europe for the most impactful cybersecurity solutions'
By Karla Florez | Apr 13, 2022
SecurityScorecard has entered a partnership with Exclusive Networks to improve the region’s ability to rate and monitor security risk in the region.
Univar Solutions Inc. vice president: 'We're thrilled that our relationship has expanded into mainland China and Hong Kong'
By Karla Florez | Apr 12, 2022
Univar Solutions Inc. subsidiary, Univar Solutions China Limited has extended its agreement with Dow related to the China-based development of UCON PAG-based synthetic products.
Kelbert on new Mexico location: 'This multi-million dollar investment highlights our long-term commitment to the North American market'
By Karla Florez | Apr 12, 2022
Rivulis has taken a step toward global expansion efforts with the opening of its new location in Tijuana, Mexico.
US Exports to China: A boom for goods, a bust for services
By Press Release | Apr 12, 2022
US goods exports to China last year increased 21 percent to $149 billion.
Vilsack: 'There is no realistic way to convert all CRP acres into cropland in 2022'
By Karla Florez | Apr 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has rejected a request submitted in late March by multiple agricultural groups to ease CRP obligations in the hopes of mitigating the coming effects of food shortages projected to impact the world.
Almond Alliance of California president: 'America's reputation as a reliable trade partner is also becoming spoiled'
By Karla Florez | Apr 11, 2022
The president of the Almond Alliance of California, Aubrey Bettencourt, recently criticized the current trade imbalance, which is causing shipping carriers to refuse exports for American goods.
CoStar Group CEO: 'The acquisition of Business Immo adds yet another high-quality asset to our expanding international presence'
By Karla Florez | Apr 11, 2022
CoStar Group, Inc. confirmed its most recent acquisition of the premier commercial real estate news service, Business Immo, based in France.
Google Cloud enters five-year agreement with airasia to expand 'e-commerce' across Asia
By Karla Florez | Apr 10, 2022
Google Cloud has entered a five-year agreement with airasia Super App, based in Southeast Asia to help promote digital growth in the region.
AIT Worldwide Logistics opens office in India to ‘improve service integrity for shippers’
By Karla Florez | Apr 10, 2022
AIT Worldwide Logistics recently opened its newest establishment, based in Mumbai, India.
American Express to allocate donations ‘to support humanitarian aid' in Ukraine
By Karla Florez | Apr 10, 2022
American Express announced April 7 that it will soon allocate funds collected from U.S. consumer, small business and corporate card members who have chosen to donate their membership rewards points to a donation fund to support Ukraine amid the crisis facing the country.
Semiconductor industry poised to boom as U.S. Trade Rep Calls for 'pressing China for change'
By Karla Florez | Apr 8, 2022
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testified to the House Ways and Means Committee March 30 about the state of Chinese-U.S. trade, noting that China's failings in agreements like the "Phase One Agreement" fits "a familiar pattern."
Oxford researchers find path to partly restore fertility of male hybrid offspring
By Marjorie Hecht | Apr 8, 2022
The male offspring of hybrids--the product of mating between different species or subspecies-- are often sterile. The mule, a cross between a horse and a donkey, is a familiar example.
van Dijk: 'We are excited to be joining the Crawford team'
By Karla Florez | Apr 7, 2022
Crawford & Company has broadened its network in the Netherlands with its recent Schaderegelingsburo R.P. van Dijk B.V. asset acquisition.
DesParte on U.S. firms helping Chinese companies: 'Our inspectors and investigators need consistent access across all jurisdictions to the audit work performed'
By Karla Florez | Apr 7, 2022
A recent Wall Street Journal report reveals that several U.S. accounting firms are helping Chinese companies comply with the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act to avoid being delisted from U.S. stock markets.
Wu on Common Prosperity campaign: 'Xi Jinping has something of a propensity toward grandiose displays intended to impress'
By Karla Florez | Apr 7, 2022
Asia Society’s “China’s Common Prosperity Program: Causes, Challenges and Implications” explores China's Common Prosperity campaign capabilities of reaching equality goals.
Wu on Xi Jinping's 'Common Prosperity' campaign: 'What are his and the Chinese Communist Party's true motivation and goals?'
By Karla Florez | Apr 7, 2022
President Xi Jinping's "Common Prosperity" campaign aims to advance China’s economic status by diminishing poverty lines and middle-income traps with its wealth program distribution proposal.
JP Morgan Chase CEO: Company could lose '$1 billion over time' amid Russia’s instability, will remain invested in China
By Karla Florez | Apr 7, 2022
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, recently released his annual letter to shareholders.
Trade group: 'The jobs numbers tell a complicated story' of U.S.-China business in 2020-21
By T.H. Lawrence | Apr 6, 2022
A study of United States trade with China in the last two years is a tale of two statistics, according to the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC), a U.S. trade group of 260 companies.
Princeton-Duke team uncovers new insights into human brain evolution
By Laurence Hecht | Apr 6, 2022
The human brain is 238% larger than any other primate of similar body mass. How evolution brought about this situation has been a focus of physical anthropologists for more a century.
STACK Infrastructure CEO: 'I have been impressed by STACK’s accelerating momentum both globally and in Europe'
By Karla Florez | Apr 6, 2022
STACK Infrastructure has confirmed the addition of two new experienced data center industry professionals to its EMEA leadership team.