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Joanna Oakey: Navigating Emotional Dynamics in M&A Deals

How2Exit

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Distressed sales likely to rise in Europe’s troubled real estate sector

JD Supra: Mergers

The European real estate sector is enduring a period of turbulence not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. Industry players are dealing with a confluence of stubbornly high interest rates, falling valuations, rising energy and construction costs, and increasingly expensive financing.

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eBay to gain $2.2B from sales of its shares in classified biz Adevinta

TechCrunch: M&A

eBay is unloading its remaining shares in the online classified business Adevinta to private equity firms Permira and Blackstone for $2.2 billion in cash and 20% equity, it said. Adevinta had originally acquired eBay’s own classified business back in 2020, leaving eBay with $2.2 billion in cash and 540 million Adevinta shares. While the new deal […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Everyone’s Story Is Unique…Or Is It?

H. Friedman Search

Insight From A Recruiter…That Affects Your Hiring Managers Too. I have thought long and hard if I wanted to write this one. It’s one that has been circulating in my head over the last few months, but I have been hesitant to share this information for fear of offending anyone. However, weighing the concern of offending anyone with the ability to get one more person hired clearly outweighed my personal feelings.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Warren Buffett makes big donation before Thanksgiving, assures shareholders Berkshire is built to last

CNBC: Investing

Warren Buffett donated more than $870 million in Berkshire Hathaway stock to four family foundations before Thanksgiving.

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Financial Sanctions—Ten Key Due Diligence Principles

JD Supra: Mergers

This Note is the second part of our look at regulatory expectations for sanctions compliance in the U.K. The first part of our review looked at Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) systems and controls requirements. The focus of this second part is on due diligence.

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Music Licensing Giant BMI Sells to Private Equity Firm

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

Broadcast Music Inc., one of the major performing rights organizations in the United States, collected $1.57 billion and distributed $1.47 billion for its 2022 fiscal year.

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Goldman, JPMorgan and others crank up Nvidia price targets in wake of latest earnings

CNBC: Investing

Some investment banks see the AI chipmaker's shares climbing as high as $700.

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Fix-It-First: A Seismic Shift in US Antitrust Agency Approaches to Merger Remedies

JD Supra: Mergers

Under their current leadership, the U.S. federal antitrust agencies have shown antipathy to resolving merger investigations through remedy undertaking that are embodied in consent decrees, preferring instead to seek to prohibit transactions outright. This sea change in merger enforcement policy is leading merging parties increasingly to contemplate “fix-it-first” strategies, whereby the parties modify the proposed transaction to address antitrust concerns — typically by reaching an agreement.

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A 30-Year Trap: The Problem With America’s Weird Mortgages

The New York Times: Banking

One big reason the U.S. housing market is broken: Owners don’t want to give up their cushy old loans.

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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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The Case for an Integrated VDR in your Corporate Development Practice

Midaxo

Virtual data rooms (VDRs) are an invaluable tool for companies, investors and other entities to securely store and share the vast amounts of documentation involved in mergers and acquisitions corporate development. Typically used during the due diligence stage of a deal, VDRs offer many advantages, including enabling multiple people to access data simultaneously and securely; virtually eliminating the risk of documents being lost or accidentally destroyed; and disabling copying, printing and for

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This tech stock may have disconnected from fundamentals on AI hype. How to bet against it

CNBC: Investing

Once a darling of the tech world, Dell stock is up nearly 120% in just over a year.

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Recent FTC Merger Settlement Signals Increased Antitrust Agency Concerns about Coordination from Competitor Entanglements

JD Supra: Mergers

Key Takeaways - An FTC merger settlement in the $5.2 billion transaction between EQT and Quantum, two producers of natural gas in the Appalachian Basin, signals the antitrust agencies’ new approach to analyzing the potential for coordination by examining touchpoints between merging parties and competitors.

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Javier Milei vs. Sergio Massa in Argentina’s Election

The New York Times: Banking

On Sunday, voters will choose whether to elect a far-right libertarian, Javier Milei, or the center-left economy minister, Sergio Massa.

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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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Corp Fin Staff Offers New Guidance on Universal Proxy, Rule 14a-12 and Schedule 14A

Deal Lawyers

Yesterday, on TheCorporateCounsel.net blog, Dave shared that the Corp Fin Staff issued one revised and five new Proxy Rules and Schedule 14A Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations last Friday. In multiple blogs, Dave included the full text of the CDIs, grouped by topic.

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Here are the stocks — led by Microsoft — that matter most to hedge fund managers

CNBC: Investing

For investors seeking to follow the smart money, here are the stocks that mattered the most to these hedge fund managers.

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Blakes Competitive Edge™: November 2023 Update

JD Supra: Mergers

Welcome to the November issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian competition law, including updates on enforcement activity by the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau), recent initiatives and key trends.

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How to Keep Your Bank from Canceling All Your Accounts

The New York Times: Banking

Banks have suddenly shut down the accounts of scores of customers. Here’s how you can avoid becoming one of them.

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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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Earnouts: Delaware Courts More Often Siding with Sellers

Deal Lawyers

This Fried Frank memo calls out a “new trend” in Delaware earnout decisions: Most earnout litigation has focused on whether the buyer has breached its general efforts obligations, or any specific covenants, with respect to its running of the business during the earnout period.

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This key element of ESG investing could drive real change at companies and boost returns

CNBC: Investing

As environment and board diversity initiatives have gained broad acceptance, some are now trying to clarify the case for the middle pillar of ESG.

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MedTech 2023: Key takeaways from conversations on women’s health, antitrust, and AI

JD Supra: Mergers

AdvaMed recently hosted its annual MedTech Conference in Anaheim, California, at which Hogan Lovells lawyers and regulatory specialists convened with business leaders, scientists, investors, regulators, and others across the industry to discuss trends in medical devices, diagnostics, and digital technologies and the future of the industry. These trends included the growing importance of diversity in the medical technology industry, emerging technology focused on women’s health, mergers and.

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Jefferies to launch new multi-asset trading platform

The TRADE

Stratos Group – a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies – has today unveiled its new multi-asset trading platform, Tradu, set to launch in December. The aim of the platform is to streamline multi-asset trading, reducing the number of accounts and apps used across asset classes by “providing clients with an intuitive and advanced platform with a superior trading experience across each of the tradable markets, all from one portal that can be accessed via a mobile app and web platforms”.

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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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Metaverse Market Size to Surpass USD 3409.29 Billion by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 69.2%

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

As per the report by Fortune Business Insights, the global Metaverse Market size is projected to reach USD 3,409.29 Billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 69.2% during the forecast period. As per the report by Fortune Business Insights, the global Metaverse Market size is projected to reach USD 3,409.29 Billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 69.2% during the forecast period.

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Altman hiring is a major win for Microsoft, should drive further gains for stock, analysts say

CNBC: Investing

One prominent technology analyst called Microsoft's move "music to the ears of investors.

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U.S. DOJ’s New Safe Harbor Policy: Conducting Enhanced M&A Due Diligence

JD Supra: Mergers

Last month, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced a new Safe Harbor Policy for voluntary self-disclosure (the “Policy”) made in connection with merger and acquisition activity.

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SimCorp launches real-time performance solution through new Investment Analytics Platform

The TRADE

SimCorp has introduced a new cloud-native performance attribution solution as part of the inaugural offering from its new Investment Analytics Platform. The solution was developed to meet increasing demand for accurate performance analytics and offers investors the ability to calculate performance attribution in real-time. “In today’s complex and fast-paced investment landscape, real-time performance attribution can provide transparency and clarity regarding the drivers of financial

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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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Primerica Reviews Holiday Budgeting Tips You Can’t Afford to Miss

Global Banking & Finance

Primerica Reviews Holiday Budgeting Tips You Can’t Afford to Miss The holidays are once again upon us, bringing with it the joy — and stress — of finding the perfect gift for that special someone.

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Monday's analyst calls: Boeing upgrade, Bank of America bullish on this sports betting stock

CNBC: Investing

Monday kicked off with an upgrade to a coffee stock and a downgrade to a doughnut name.

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Another Case Addressing Managerial Discretion and the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing

JD Supra: Mergers

LLC managers often enjoy wide latitude and unrestricted “discretion” under the LLC’s operating agreement. At the same time, all contracts — including LLC operating agreements — are subject to the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, which applies to prevent one party from acting arbitrarily or unreasonably to frustrate the other party’s reasonably expected “fruits of the bargain.”.

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Where to find fintech investment

Growth Business

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success The UK is a global leader in fintech. Other than the US and India, there is no other country attracting the numbers of VC investment in the sector. London is the world’s fintech epicentre, with £7.8 billion thrown at its start-ups last year – more than San Fransico and New York.

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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?