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Technology Impacts; Science and UPF’s; Perpetuating the Museum

Technology Impacts Technology is driving markets around the world, but not always in the same direction or with the same results. Today’s big story surrounded Nvidia, which met revenue expectations and exceeded projected earnings per share, but underwhelmed investors on data center sales. The S&P 500 hit another record high before the report. AI is now analyzed to have an R2 of 0.47 in terms of causing job losses, though there are higher or lesser impacts depending on the sector. But ignoring technology is also not an answer. The slow uptake of technology in Japan is said to have resulted in the slowest labor productivity gains in the in the G7, versus the U.S. having the largest growth. Meanwhile, China says the use of drones in...

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Infrastructure investment due diligence

On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.

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