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April 2008 Archives

Roadmap for National Security Reviews of Foreign Investment

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Treasury issued proposed regulations on Monday of this week implementing the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (FINSA). The regs were very well done and provide investors from abroad a clear roadmap as to when, if and how...

"Insourcing" Employment Rises

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Although some recent political debates have focused on ways the U.S. does NOT benefit from the global economy, today the Commerce Department released some numbers illustrating how we DO benefit.  According to the latest stats, in 2006 U.S. employment at American subsidiaries of companies based abroad...

And, the Survey Says -- Foreign Investors Worry About U.S. Business Climate

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OK, so looks like all the scare tactics are working. In a survey of CEOs of U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies, 61% say that the business climate for investing in the United States is falling behind other countries. And,...

Clinton Borrows "Insourcing?"

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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it was an odd sensation yesterday to read that Senator Hillary Clinton had borrowed the term "insourcing" to headline a package of positive and punitive tax measures around a new...