The weekly #investmentscreening news round up is back after a holiday pause (as ever, drafted by the fantastic Gabriella Couloubaritsis). Lots of US news this week - #outbound appropriation, #binance #fufeng #borqs plus some interesting news out of #Canada (2 year pause on #realestate sales to foreigners) and #Australia (#FIRB approval of #mining deal). Read more here: https://investmentscreening.princeton.edu/news/2023/20230109-ism-roundup
2023.01.09 ISM Roundup

$20M Outbound Investment Initiative in U.S. Government Package  CFIUS Reviews Crypto Lender, and SEC Objects to Related $1B Acquisition CFIUS Orders Clean Energy Firm Divestiture CFIUS Finishes Review of $2.5M Purchase of U.S. Farmland Outside of Air Force Base U.S. Federal Court Upholds Decision to Ban China Telecom Canada Bans Non-Canadians fr...

The Politics and Regulation of Investment Screening Mechanisms (PRISM)
Since I'm on a downer of a week, here's a reminder that the mayor over the river is a big NIMBY:
> Mayor Bochenski effected change in 2019 by purchasing land which brought the construction of apartment buildings near his residential property to a halt.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/letter-fare-thee-well-fufeng-project #ndpol #fufeng
Letter: Fare thee well, Fufeng project

When a company the likes of General Atomics comes out and states something is bad for our security, I listen. They are world renowned for their work with our defense community.

Grand Forks Herald