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Foreign investment in U.S. infrastructure causes security concerns | Homeland Security ... - 0 views

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  • the interest of foreign companies in buying U.S. critical infrastructure assets; that interest is now growing again, and the Obama administration is grappling with how to balance the promotion of commerce with the bolstering of security
  • The issue is coming back to the fore as foreign investors once again try to buy American industrial assets. The Obama administration has thus been forced to grapple with how to protect national security while promoting economic recovery.
  • The New York Times’s Eric Lipton wrote last month that in early December, the administration had threatened to block the proposed takeover by the Chinese government of a tiny Nevada gold mining company, according to executives for the company,
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  • Foreign investments in the U.S. are critical to economic growth and job creation here at home, but we have an obligation to prioritize national security,” the deputy Treasury secretary, Neal Wolin, said in a statement released in mid-December, in response to questions about the scrutiny of proposed deals.
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China's cyberwar against U.S. is too vital to ignore | CharlotteObserver.com & The Char... - 0 views

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  • China's cyberwar against U.S. is too vital to ignore
  • China is waging a quiet, mostly invisible but massive cyberwar against the United States
  • obtaining the ability to sabotage vital infrastructure.
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  • stealing its most sensitive military and economic secrets
  • The Chinese offensive - and the economic and national security threats it poses - is simply too important to ignore.
  • guard domestic civilian targets
  • utilities such as power and water companies - not to mention the private e-mail accounts of thousands of Americans
  • This is the future of war. Sending armies to "invade" a country is too risky and fraught with diplomatic minefields. But covert strikes on sensitive and vulnerable technological targets? That is relatively easy, hard to trace, and capable of reaping significant rewards or causing large amounts of confusion and damage. A Like Reply
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    Alcoa's relationship with China Power is too hard to Ignore
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Secret Cable: China Said To Coordinate Google Attack : NPR - 0 views

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  • Google reported in January 2010 that its computer infrastructure in China had been hit by a "highly sophisticated" attack that resulted in the theft of company secrets. Google also said it had evidence that a goal of the attackers was to gain access to the Gmail accounts of Chinese human-rights activists.
  • At the time, the company did not blame the Chinese government for the intrusion. But shortly thereafter, a U.S. diplomat in Beijing confidentially cabled Washington that "a well placed contact" was claiming the Google attack had been "coordinated" by the Chinese government "at the Politburo Standing Committee level."
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When Foreign Countries Want to Buy into U.S. Nuclear Power Plants - What Then... - 0 views

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  • For example, U.S. national policy makers have worked to make sure sensitive military and defense technology and production remain with American companies.
  • After 9/11, concerns grew that foreign ownership of U.S. infrastructure could increase our vulnerability to terrorist attacks. One example is the heated debate triggered by the 2006 purchase of a company that ran U.S. ports by the United Arab Emirates-owned company Dubai Ports World. (Dubai Ports eventually sold its interests to a U.S. company.) More recently, globalization of the nuclear industry and the weak U.S. economy have attracted significant levels of foreign investment in the U.S. nuclear industry
  • The Atomic Energy Act prohibits the NRC from issuing a license to any entity that the Commission believes is “owned, controlled or dominated by an alien, a foreign corporation or foreign government.” Broadly speaking, the foreign ownership prohibition protects the “common defense and security” of the United States, even though this may prevent some nations from participating in U.S. nuclear joint ventures.
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  • mitigate foreign control issues
  • Len Skoblar March 1, 2011 at 6:53 am Actually, I think the time has come to end this dance. Energy is a strategic commodity…period. Our country’s very survival depends upon it. So let us dispense with the distraction (and risk) that “foreign investment” brings to the dance. The US government should subsidize indigenous energy production in all its manifestations and forms to eliminate the need for foreign investment. That would be tax dollars well spent. And NRC could then bring even more focus and resources to its primary mission….nuclear safety.
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Stanly not jumping at latest Alcoa plan | Salisbury, NC - Salisbury Post - 0 views

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  • but we can understand wanting some guarantees behind it,” Anton said. “We’ve proposed that there would be payments made to the county if we didn’t deliver on either the investment or the jobs for the
  • But in a press release issued Thursday, Stanly County said Alcoa’s financial assurances “are not worth the paper they are written on without sufficient enforcement measures.”
  • The county says it is “seeking fair and reasonable compensation for the long-term use of the river.”
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  • The county says Alcoa refused to include language that would enforce the agreement if the company doesn’t live up to its end of the bargain. “As Alcoa’s latest offer stands, there is no efficient or cost effective way for the county to hold Alcoa accountable for its promises of jobs and investment,” the press release states. “This is not ‘compelling;’ it is unreasonable.
  • “We recognize the difficult times in the local economy, and the fact that for the last several years, Alcoa has not been the contributor it had been in the past,” Anton said.
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      Exactly Mr. Anton ! If the Stanly County Commissioners had not put Alcoa's Feet to the FIRE, we wouldn't even be having this discussion!
  • Anton said the county would have control over the money, and Alcoa’s only condition is that it be directed toward infrastructure and education
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Should the US Government Allow a Chinese Steel Mill to Invest in Steel Technology They ... - 1 views

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  • [Ed. Note According to a May 24 AMM post, the investment will also go toward building four re-bar plants (not one) and one flat rolled product mini-mill, all based in the US)
  • Dive under the surface a bit, and the investment by Anshan raises serious concerns not only among steel producers but also for any US manufacturing organization in general.
  • American national security infrastructure projects’ through the investment.”
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  • Let’s examine rebar consumption. First, we’ll examine apparent consumption (apparent consumption is net domestic consumption plus imports) and then we’ll calculate capacity utilization: 2007 – 9.824m short tons 2008 – 8.374 m short tons 2009 – 5.359 m short tons 2010 – based on current 2010 run rates, the industry will ship 5.1m short tons If you compare the peak of the market (2007) with today, the US rebar industry operates at a 62% capacity utilization rate; the overall steel industry operates at a 72.9% capacity utilization rate as of June 26, 2010. Two rebar facilities are currently shut down, one in New Jersey and one in Oklahoma. Many of the other facilities that run both mixed merchant/rebar mills are also running at less than capacity If we were to develop a map of the United States and mark US rebar plant locations by geography (assuming each mill can ship up to a 300 mile
  • First, the last time the US steel market was at 120m tons of consumption was in 2006. The 2009 estimated steel consumption was 59m tons, data courtesy of the USGS. Prior to 2006, the only other year in which apparent steel consumption met or exceeded 120m tons was in 2005. The rest of this past decade, steel consumption hovered in the lower 100m ton range (e.g. less than 110m tons)
  • the question of technology transfer ought to be considered heavily
  • –Lisa Reisman
  • we’d see a glut of capacity in the US Southeast. The only argument one could make for building a rebar mill may be to move it somewhere out West, but even that may be a tenuous argument
  • And we all know that US construction markets (the biggest application for rebar products) remain in troubled waters. Take a look at annual expenditures for both commercial and residential construction here. Incidentally, 2010 data is tracking 8% below 2009 numbers. In other words, rebar capacity utilization rates are even less than overall steel industry capacity utilization rates
  • We can’t see the business case to add rebar capacity in the US. Clearly the PE firm involved in Steel Development Corp is banking on the management team.
  • If our politicians think this is about jobs, we can assure them that this may be a short term win (in terms of new jobs in Mississippi) – but they will result in a net loss for US manufacturing, as the current US domestic rebar industry has already laid off thousands of workers. And by giving this technology to the Chinese, well, we know what that will mean long term….
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"Going abroad" and how to make it happen - People's Daily Online - 0 views

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  • Now is the opportune time for China to accelerate its "going abroad" strategy and expand foreign direct investment to take advantage of the opportunity to establish a new structure for its diversified assets portfolio. This would include the simultaneous development of domestic and foreign assets, physical and virtual assets, as well as upstream and downstream assets.
  • advanced technologie
  • Secondly, China should invest in and develop natural resource projects abroad that can address its lack of resources.
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  • In recent years, Chinese enterprises have been accelerating steps to make use of both domestic and international resources on a mutual benefit and win-win basis. Not only have large-sized state-owned enterprises and joint-stock enterprises initiated investments in resource development projects in Africa, some small and medium-sized private enterprises have also started to engage in high-risk investment projects, including early-stage mineral explorations in regions such as Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America.
  • , involves infrastructure,
  • comprehensive development of mineral resource
  • ople's Daily Online and the chief economist under the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
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GE's Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt on GE, Job Creation and the Economy | GE Reports - 0 views

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  • Immelt said “certainty of demand” is required to spur hiring.
  • Immelt said that the “government in the U.S. has always been a catalyst to drive growth. This is not President Obama versus President Bush: The [National Institute of Health] has been a catalyst for the world’s best healthcare system. The Defense Department spawned… the Internet and modern transportation technology for generations. The nuclear industry was built [by] the Defense Department.”
  • Infrastructure is a facilitator of competitiveness and productivity… whether it’s broadband or highways or ports or electricity grids
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  • Businesses consider an area’s transportation system
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China Reportedly Hacked Chamber Of Commerce : NPR - 0 views

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  • That's called social engineering and it's a widely used technique, especially by Chinese hackers.
  • ou say Chinese hackers and there's been a lot of reports about cyber espionage stemming from China. What's going on here? GJELTEN: You know, Lynn, all the cyber security people we talked to say there's just a ton of cyber espionage coming out of China these days. Hackers are stealing technological secrets, trade secrets, computer code, design plans, you name it. The security people say it's like a vacuum cleaner approach. They just suck up everything they find.
  • But what's behind this is that China wants to catch up to the west. Now, they don't have the business environment to support innovation. You don't see the Chinese equivalent of companies like IBM or Google or Apple popping up there, so rather than develop their own ideas and technology, they just steal it. That's the background here. At least, that's what we hear from U.S. intelligence officials and security people. NEARY: And the Chinese government's not acknowledging any role in this attack on the chamber of commerce? GJELTEN: They say there's no evidence, but cyber security people who have investigated other intrusions blamed on China say it's pretty easy to tie them back there and it's hard to see how the government would not be involved in some way, given the way China works. Chamber officials say they have no doubt that this intrusion did come from China.
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China's Cyber Threat A High-Stakes Spy Game : NPR - 0 views

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  • The cloak-and-dagger world of corporate espionage is alive and well, and China seems to have the advantage. Their cyber-espionage program is becoming more and more effective at swiping information from America's public and private sectors. The U.S. government has even blamed
  • China publicly for hacking American industries
  • but Chinese hackers have even broken into and stolen plans from American furniture manufacturers.
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  • "You can see the immediate economic benefit: You don't have to pay for the design, you can build it cheaper, and you can offer the same product at a lower price," he says. "That hurts our economy."
  • "Those are 10,000 jobs that would be in this economy, that would employ Americans, that are gone because of Chinese economic espionage," he says.
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Monroe360.com - Miss lawmakers approve 3 job creation proposals - 0 views

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  • Miss. lawmakers approve 3 job-creation proposals
  • Gov. Phil Bryant,
  • "The reason we're coming here, and I'm going to be frank, is the Mississippi farm boys and the farm girls," Correnti said. "I wouldn't trade a Mississippi farm boy or farm girl for any Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, South American."
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  • to make silicon metal for use in automotive parts, consumer electronics and energy products, including solar panels. Developers said the Calisolar project — sought by Ohio, among others — should create 951 jobs with an average annual salary of $45,000, plus benefits.
  • Calisolar, based in Sunnyvale, Calif.
  • lawmakers approved just over $175 million in bonds
  • $75.25 million for the Calisolar project
  • MDA executives said the bond request for the Calisolar project includes a $59.5 million loan for equipment and a building that would be owned by Lowndes County and leased by the company. The package also has an $11.25 million grant for infrastructure such as roads and utility lines and $4.5 million to help train employees at the plant.
  • MDA said the rebates will cost the state $15 million over 10 years.
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Senator: Correnti made solar deal more attractive - The Dispatch - 0 views

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  • Earlier in the month, Gov. Haley Barbour pushed forward with a $75.25 million incentive package to bring Calisolar, a solar silicon company, to the old section of the Industrial Park
  • The project, expected to begin this fall or early next year, promises to bring 951 jobs to the a
  • the work Lowndes County officials have put into the Industrial Park made it an attractive choice, namely the ready ability to provide the 170 MW of power the company will require each day.
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  • that if the company fails, at least Lowndes County will own the building and equipment.
  • As part of the incentive agreement, Calisolar will receive a $59.5 million loan to construct the building and purchase equipment, with the county retaining ownership and leasing to them. The state is also providing $15.75 million for infrastructure and workforce training.
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State lawmakers approve Calisolar incentives package - The Dispatch - 0 views

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  • John T. Correnti, former CEO of SeverCorr (now Severstal) of Columbus, has served as chairman of the company''s board of directors since 2010 and reportedly has maintained close ties with Mississippi. The company has been in negotiations with Ohio officials since April, but the deal fell through in July when company representatives told the Mansfield News Journal in Mansfield, Ohio, that they were unable to meet a September construction deadline to qualify for a $275 million federal loan guarantee. Higgins said Lowndes County''s ability to meet Calisolar''s high power needs (nearly 170 MW of power, or roughly 40 MW more than the entire city of Columbus), along with Mississippi''s status as a right-to-work (non-union) state and the willingness of legislators to pass an attractive incentive package, may have tipped the balance in the Magnolia State''s favor.
  • "The reason we''re coming here, and I''m going to be frank, is the Mississippi farm boys and the farm girls," Correnti said, according to The AP. "I wouldn''t trade a Mississippi farm boy or farm girl for any Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, South American.
  • AP reports that details of Mississippi''s incentive package include a $59.5 million loan for the building and equipment, with Lowndes County retaining ownership of the building and leasing it to them. The state is also providing $15.75 million for infrastructure and workforce training.
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  • According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the state''s unemployment rate was 11.1 percent for July, and Lowndes County''s unemployment rate was 12.4 percent. The national unemployment rate is 9.1 percent, or approximately 14 million people.
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  • demands immediate congressional attention to examine any national security implications and to clarify present and future control issues before the deal receives regulatory approval.
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