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The 8 Challenges of Aging
Global aging and technology innovation are each occurring at an unprecedented rate.
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New Book Argues that Savings and Loan Crisis Was Preventable; Confluence of Adverse Economic Conditions, Regulatory Missteps to Blame
LOS ANGELES — Between 1980 and early 1995, more than 5,000 savings and loans, commercial banks and c
redit unions failed in the U.S. The cost of resolving this crisis exceeded $190 billion.
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Intervention China-style
China’s dramatic devaluation of the yuan this week has large parts of Asia worried about the prospec
ts of a currency war, even as attention had begun to turn to the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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Fear of a Currency War Grows
HONG KONG – While China may well have hoped to focus on the end of World War II and Japan’s war
time record, the Chinese central bank’s major devaluation of the yuan this week has large parts of Asia now worried about the prospects of a currency war
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Milken Institute Report Calls for Creation of ‘Media Cluster’ to Make Pittsburgh a Leading Entertainment-Media Hub; Regional Strategy Must Focus on Human Capital, Media Infrastructure and Statewide Incentives, Coordinated by Pittsburgh Film Office, for M
PITTSBURGH — For decades, Pittsburgh has thrived as a regional entertainment media center, and as th
e setting for popular movies and television shows including Silence of the Lambs, Batman and Mr. Rogers’Neighborhood.
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Silicon Valley continues to lead North American metros in strength of its high-tech industry, but growth in other regions shows integration across continent, says Milken Institute study
LOS ANGELES — Silicon Valley, the largest and most influential high-tech center in the world, contin
ues to lead all other metropolitan regions in North America in the breadth and scope of economic activity it creates through technological innovation.
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Request for Information on Improving Americans’ Access to Gene Therapies
Submitted electronically
The Honorable Bill Cassidy, M.D.
Ranking Member
Committee on Health, Educa
tion, Labor & Pensions
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Ranking Member Cassidy,
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FinTech in Focus — October 4, 2021
In this issue
Digital Assets
Payments
Small Business
Global Developments
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10,000 Communities Initiative Expands Community Infrastructure Center with New Partnerships
The Milken Institute, a global think tank focused on financial, physical, mental, and environmental
health, today announced new implementation partnerships designed to expand technical assistance to help thousands of underserved urban and rural communit
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Milken Institute Appoints Former UBS Vice Chair Tracey Woon as Asia Fellow
SINGAPORE – February 25, 2021 – The Milken Institute has appointed Tracey Woon, member of the GIC In
vestment Board and former UBS AG Vice Chairman of Global Wealth Management (Asia Pacific), as an Asia Fellow.
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MILKEN INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF JAPAN SYMPOSIUM IN TOKYO, RUNNING FROM MARCH 22-23, AT THE RITZ-CARLTON
SINGAPORE, FEBRUARY 15, 2023 — The Milken Institute Japan Symposium will return to Tokyo,
Japan for its second iteration.
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Dementia Exacts Heaviest Toll on Women: New Milken Institute Report Quantifies the Direct and Indirect Economic Effects of Cognitive Loss
LOS ANGELES—Dementia presents a pernicious gender-based health disparity in the United States, infli
cting a disproportionate burden on women as both patients and caregivers.
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