Multiple initiatives included in the infrastructure package will require internet service providers to begin assessing how best to accommodate broadband growth in new or less saturated markets. … READ MORE >
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What Biden’s $1.2T infrastructure package means for manufacturing and energy
While construction sector businesses are perhaps the clearest category that will benefit, so will companies throughout the industrial supply chain, including steel and material suppliers, engineering services firms, and more. … READ MORE >
3 things to know in energy: Legal challenge on drilling suspension, U.S.-Canada pipelines, WTI futures
Biweekly, we highlight three things going on in the energy industry that we think you should know about. Here’s the latest. … READ MORE >
5 trends from government services companies’ Q1 earnings calls
Through the start of 2021, the government services ecosystem buzzed with excitement around the Biden administration’s budget request and proposed infrastructure package. Contractors expect federal spending to flow toward initiatives such as IT modernization, supply chain risk management, cybersecurity and ESG. … READ MORE >
5 trends from defense technology companies’ Q1 earnings calls
Companies in the defense technologies ecosystem began 2021 by continuing to closely monitor operations and supply chains while positioning for short- and long-term federal government modernization efforts. … READ MORE >
Clean energy infrastructure is key part of Biden’s jobs plan
In the energy space alone, the plan would have important implications for tax incentives, the shift toward renewables, carbon capture efforts, the electric vehicle market and more. … READ MORE >
5 things to know in life sciences: Week of Feb. 8
Recent industry news includes the impact of new COVID-19 variants on existing vaccines for the disease, the outlook for drug pricing reforms under the Biden administration, and the promise of 3D-printed hearts. … READ MORE >
Election economics: Biden victory projected as Senate hangs in the balance
Joe Biden’s projected victory implies a possible era of significant changes to address the pandemic, expand domestic health care, modernize the nation’s infrastructure and adopt expansionary fiscal policy—all of which will define the economic policy landscape over the next two years. However, the party that controls the Senate will determine the scope of that change, and that outcome is pending the two runoffs for the seats in Georgia. … READ MORE >