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Impeachment’s Implications; Zimbabwe’s Crisis

Impeachment’s Implications U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) says that her Party now has “the facts” to initiate impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. It is a turn of events, but it may change less than would typically be expected. The most recent example is the 1998 impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton. The House was controlled by Republicans in 1998 and while Special Counsel Robert Mueller failed to identify a specific impeachable offense in his report on Mr. Trump, Ken Starr had produced evidence of Mr. Clinton’s direct lie to a grand jury. Still, only five Democrats voted for the articles of impeachment against Clinton. Trump’s troubles are more like those of the onl...

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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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