September, 2024

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A new ETF uses AI to emulate Warren Buffett's investment style

CNBC: Investing

Intelligent Alpha is in the works to launch an Intelligent Omaha ETF that relies on artificial intelligence to emulate Buffett's investing philosophy.

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In Proposing Move From Delaware To Nevada, This Corporation Cites The Burden Of MFW

JD Supra: Mergers

Earlier this week, The Trade Desk, Inc. filed preliminary proxy materials for a special meeting of stockholders. The purpose of the meeting is to approve the reincorporation of the corporation from the State of Delaware to the State of Nevada by conversion. This particular proxy statement caught my eye because it specifically calls out several Delaware court decisions.

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The Tor Project merges with Tails, a Linux-based portable OS focused on privacy

TechCrunch: M&A

The Tor Project is merging operations with Tails, a portable Linux-based operating system focused on preserving user privacy and anonymity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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What Warren Buffett's recent moves say – and don’t say – about today’s market

CNBC: Investing

Can the recent Apple and Bank of America sales, along with Berkshire's ballooning cash position, tell us anything about Buffett's current market views?

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Top 3 Banking Secrets to Stay Relevant with Gen Z Consumers

Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert

In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant (or getting "ghosted") if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. Credit cards with flexible payment options, especially for young adults with little-to-no credit history, are a particularly important and valuable solution for this generation.

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Unhealthy Alliance: Hospitals Sharing Senior Leadership Increases Antitrust Risk

JD Supra: Mergers

Collusion among rivals has long been considered the “supreme evil of antitrust.” It is not surprising, therefore, that antitrust scrutiny was applied to one hospital’s decision to employ the Chief Executive Officer of its only competing hospital while the CEO still remained employed by the competitor, without any effort to integrate the hospitals clinically or financially or any effort to implement effective screening measures to protect against the sharing of competitively sensitive.

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German bank shares slide, DAX underperforms

Global Banking & Finance

LONDON (Reuters) – German bank shares were among the worst performing European equities on Tuesday, as a selloff in U.S. lenders following downbeat comments from the boss of Goldman Sachs rippled through European markets. Deutsche Bank shares closed down 4.9%.

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Greed, Gluttony and the Crackup of Red Lobster

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

How missed opportunities, a $1.5 billion real estate deal, all-you-can-eat shrimp and the global pandemic sank the country’s largest seafood chain.

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Salesforce acquires data management firm Own for $1.9B in cash

TechCrunch: M&A

Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a New Jersey-based provider of data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash. Own is Salesforce’s biggest deal since buying Slack for $27.7 billion in 2021. The company reportedly considered — but ultimately decided against — purchasing data management software firm Informatica earlier this year.

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Tesla could have a tough time living up to the hype around its robotaxi event

CNBC: Investing

Even as Tesla's shares rip higher in September, Wall Street remains divided on the stock amid doubt around its long-term potential as a leading automaker.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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FDIC, OCC, and DOJ Update Guidance on Bank Merger Evaluations

JD Supra: Mergers

Last week, each of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) revised how they will review bank mergers. Our Financial Services and Antitrust teams highlight what banks considering mergers should know about the changes.

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Will A.I. Be a Bust? A Wall Street Skeptic Rings the Alarm.

The New York Times: Banking

Jim Covello, Goldman Sachs’s head of stock research, warned that building too much of what the world doesn’t need “typically ends badly.

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Simon Levy Builds Bridges for Cross-Border Business Ventures

Global Banking & Finance

The world is an increasingly interconnected place. Between the growth and stabilization of e-commerce and Internet-based online retail, the business world has needed to grow and change dramatically. Successful enterprises are more and more incentivized to be multicultural, cross-border ventures between entities in multiple nations in order to meet business needs and secure new investments.

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Biden Expected to Block U.S. Steel Takeover

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is expected to raise national security concerns about selling the iconic steel producer to Japan’s Nippon Steel.

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Predictions You Can Rely On: How Data Drives Successful Financial Forecasting

Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.

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From InstaDeep to Paystack: Here are Africa’s biggest startup exits and how much they raised

TechCrunch: M&A

As we continue to monitor the growth of Africa's tech ecosystem, it’s essential to highlight and analyze the biggest disclosed acquisitions. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Bitcoin could soon hit six figures regardless of who wins U.S. election, investors say

CNBC: Investing

Despite the increasingly partisan sentiment in the crypto industry, bitcoin will thrive regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election in November.

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - September 2024

JD Supra: Mergers

Appellate court ruling widens scope of NY fee-splitting law to include earnouts - The decision overturned a lower court ruling relating to the sale of part of a dental practice in 2015. The plaintiff agreed to sell certain assets to another dental practice for $250,000. Under the asset purchase agreement (APA), the defendant was to pay a fixed sum of $50,000, with the remainder of the purchase price parsed out in monthly installments based on: A percentage of the future monthly revenue.

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Why It’s So Hard for China to Fix Its Ailing Economy

The New York Times: Banking

A real estate collapse has made consumers cautious and businesses wary, as China confronts a crisis unlike any other since it opened its economy to the world.

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.

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Succesful traders combine data-driven analysis with traditional trading acumen

The TRADE

How are skillsets on the desk having to evolve as the market becomes increasingly technological? The required skillsets on a buy-side FX trading desk are undergoing significant transformation due to technological advancements. Traditional skills, while still essential, are increasingly supplemented by a robust understanding of data analytics, algorithmic trading and technological tools.

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Just Miles from Kroger’s Court Battle, a Food Desert Shows What’s at Stake

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

Federal regulators are trying to block Kroger’s merger with Albertsons. In a Portland suburb, residents already know what deteriorating access to fresh food looks like.

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Three and Vodafone’s $19B merger hits the skids as UK rules the deal would adversely impact customers and MVNOs

TechCrunch: M&A

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has delivered its provisional ruling in a longstanding battle to combine two of the country’s major telecommunication operators. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says that Three and Vodafone’s planned $19 billion merger — announced 15 months ago — could lead to higher prices for consumers, diminished service such as smaller […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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This gym stock is a buy because of the breakout popularity of pickleball, says Bank of America

CNBC: Investing

Analyst Alexander Perry said the upscale lifestyle and fitness company has increased its number of pickleball courts by 43% since the first quarter of 2023.

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Using Data & Analytics for Improving Healthcare Innovation and Outcomes

In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, delivering data insights to end users or customers can be a significant challenge for product managers, product owners, and application team developers. The complexity of healthcare data, the need for real-time analytics, and the demand for user-friendly interfaces can often seem overwhelming. But with Logi Symphony, these challenges become opportunities.

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Question of the Week: What is the next frontier in AI mergers and acquisitions, and how will it shape the future landscape of the industry?

JD Supra: Mergers

"We’re currently seeing a lot of follow-on investments into AI. For example, sponsors are making incremental investments into portfolio companies or using portco balance sheet cash and/or stock to finance acquisitions of minority investments in or joint venture transactions with AI-focused companies.

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America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny

The New York Times: Banking

Few things symbolize our national dysfunction as much as this accursed coin, which we mint by the millions because it’s too worthless to spend.

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Redburn Atlantic expands Boston and Frankfurt sales trading team with two new hires

The TRADE

Redburn Atlantic has made two new hires within its sales trading teams in Boston and Frankfurt, The TRADE can reveal. Alexander Laux has been appointed as a new equity sales trader, based in Frankfurt, covering German clients primarily. Laux joins Redburn Atlantic from Barclays, where he spent the last 14 years. According to the firm, his experience in high touch, low touch and PT trading will help broaden the client base in Germany, which has already seen significant growth since the merger wit

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7-Eleven Rejects Takeover Bid From Big Canadian Chain

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, the operator of 7-Eleven, has rebuffed a buyout offer that would have been the largest foreign-led acquisition of a Japanese company.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Salesforce snatches up Zoomin, a tool for organizing company knowledge

TechCrunch: M&A

Salesforce is on a buying spree. After snatching up data management firm Own earlier in the month, Salesforce today announced its plans to buy Zoomin, an enterprise knowledge platform. Zoomin — which we’ve covered a handful of times before — unifies a company’s docs, like product user guides and tutorials, in one portal. The terms […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Bank of America sees rate cuts propelling gold to $3,000, and this stock is a way to play it

CNBC: Investing

Gold prices have been on a tear this year and could rally even higher in 2025 on the back of interest rate cuts, according to Bank of America.

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Luxury and ESG: Navigating the New EU Legal Landscape in the Fashion and Luxury Goods Industry

JD Supra: Mergers

Due to the increased importance of sustainability, environmental protection and social factors in recent years, the luxury industry has found itself at a crossroads of tradition and transformation. Once characterized primarily by exclusivity, creativity, craftmanship and heritage, the sector is now increasingly influenced by the global push towards a sustainable lifestyle and ethical practices.

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