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International Arbitration Experts Discuss The Impact On The Global Economy

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Williams: The COVID-19 pandemic has put even greater pressure on the upstream oil and gas industry which is still absorbing the effects of market collapses in 2008 and 2014 and low oil prices. Converteam SAS has held that under the New York Convention, only a party to a signed arbitration agreement can compel arbitration.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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Infrastructure was another category that deserved a closer look. The first was not unexpected, although China’s lead in developing alternative energy is expected to shrink as its ability to spur solar panel production is eliminated by trade negotiators enforcing a WTO decision citing China for subsidizing its industry.

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Dispute Boards: An Approach to the Efficient Resolution of Disputes in the Construction Sector

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Although the parties have tried to resolve their disputes through negotiation and even mediation, they have not been able to reach an acceptable settlement. 2] See generally Cyril Chern, Chern on Dispute Boards (2008). [3] As stakeholders in the construction community know all too well, this scenario is not an uncommon one.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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In 2012, the Port of New Orleans completed more than $100 million in new infrastructure projects port-wide in order to grow its facilities to handle rising trade volumes tied to the Panama Canal expansion. With its proximity to the center of the U.S. and other free-market proponents. and other free-market proponents.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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Since 2008, the U.S. The Marcellus Shale Formation, which contains nearly 500 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas, has seen more than 7,700 new wells drilled in Pennsylvania since 2008. So evolved is Louisiana’s pipeline infrastructure that the state’s No. What a difference five years can make. times that of the Nos.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Alabama Infrastructure Grant Program: Funds are available to public entities for extension of water, sewer and road facilities to service new or expanding industries. A business that applies for the exemption must enter into an agreement with the Governor of Alabama. ALABAMA - updated for 2014.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ALABAMA INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM: Funds are available for extension of water, sewer and road facilities. The business must sign a job-creation agreement under the Advantage Arkansas program within 24 months of signing the Tax Back agreement. Expand fuel infrastructure, fueling stations and equipment.

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