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Tag: CFIUS

Steel grinder makes sparks

Blocked U.S. Steel-Nippon Acquisition Roils Dealmakers, Baffles Analysts

Steel grinder makes sparks

President Biden’s decision in early January to block Japan-based Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel sparked a slew of unusual twists and turns more akin to a Hollywood political thriller than a typical corporate deal. Accusations of c...

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Competitive swimmer

U.S. Officials Tell Tech Startups to Beware of Foreign Spies Cloaked as Investors

Competitive swimmer

For every Facebook, Twitter and Reddit, there are thousands of technology startups that sputter, stall and collapse. They typically face ruthless competition to secure sufficient funding to begin building their businesses. Now it seems star...

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Man on Borderline: CFIUS Vigilance

U.S. Sets New Guidelines for Foreign Investment

Man on Borderline: CFIUS Vigilance

If we asked what the acronym CFIUS stands for, how long would it take you to come up with “Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.?” As the name implies, CFIUS reviews cross-border investment in the United States for red flags related t...

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