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Judge Blocks JetBlue From Acquiring Spirit Airlines

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

The ruling is a victory for the Justice Department, which had argued that the merger would reduce competition.

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Goodnotes acquires an AI-powered video summary startup as it looks beyond education

TechCrunch: M&A

London-based notetaking startup Goodnotes said today it is acquiring South Korean startup Dropthebit, which operates a meeting and video summary tool called Traw. With the acquisition, Goodnotes is looking to move beyond classrooms and explore making productivity tools for professionals. As part of the deal, all three co-founders of Dropthebit will move to Goodnotes.

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Office of Health Care Affordability Adopts Final Cost and Market Impact Review Regulations for Health Care Transactions

JD Supra: Mergers

California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability recently adopted emergency regulations (“Final Regulations”) implementing the Health Care Market Oversight Program, required under California’s Health Care Quality and Affordability Act (“HCQAA”). HCQAA, which created the Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”), requires “health care entities” to provide written notice of certain “material change transactions” to OHCA.

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Be In Charge Of Your Career: Stop Kicking Tires In 2024, Act Instead!

H. Friedman Search

Do you want to be where you were at the end of 2023 at the conclusion of 2024? So many people decide to kick the tires at their current company but don’t do anything more than that for various reasons. In this blog, I want to examine the reason people do not move forward when they know they need to deep down in their hearts. It’s because people let their emotions overrule their business decisions.

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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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Stocks Climb to Record, Lifted by Big Tech and Rate Cut Hopes

The New York Times: Banking

The S&P 500 crossed above its January 2022 peak after weeks of wavering. Investors have been buying stocks after homing in on signals that the Fed’s campaign of raising interest rates is over.

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[Audio] Episode 304 -- Nathalie Druckmann, VP at Certa, on Artificial Intelligence Third-Party Risk Management

JD Supra: Mergers

Nathalie Druckmann, Vice President at Certa, joins Michael Volkov to discuss third-party risk management and the use of advanced artificial intelligence to implement effective risk mitigation strategies. Nathalie sets teh strategy for Certa’s expansion into teh EMEA markets and growing Certa’s customer base with the use of Certa’s advanced AI tool — CertaAssist.

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Open outcry: A renaissance?

The TRADE

Despite the indisputable decline in physical trading practices, it is enduring within an increasingly technological capital markets world which has already put innumerable out-dated practices out of fashion. Market opinion – and moves – suggest that mourning the death of open outcry  may be premature. Like the return of old Nokia’s and ‘dumbphones’ in the era of the smartphone, a hungering for print in the age of digital, and the comeback of the polaroid camera and vinyl, perhaps there’s just

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Sports Illustrated Thrown Into Chaos With Mass Layoffs

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

The company’s owner has been plunged into a maelstrom in recent weeks as its senior executives have been forced out.

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Goldman Sachs-backed ZestMoney, once valued at $450M, sold to DMI in fire sale

TechCrunch: M&A

ZestMoney, the Goldman Sachs-backed Indian fintech startup once valued at $450 million, has sold itself to financial services firm DMI Group, the two said late Wednesday, in a fire sale that caps 12 tumultuous months for the once-hot new-age lender. The two firms didn’t disclose the terms of the deals, but a person familiar with […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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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New Excessive and Unfair Pricing Provisions in Force in Canada’s Competition Act: Risk and Compliance Considerations

JD Supra: Mergers

Canada’s Competition Act was amended effective December 15, 2023 to both (i) establish a new, more expansive framework for challenging anti-competitive conduct by dominant firms and (ii) specifically provide that it is an anti-competitive act for a dominant firm to directly or indirectly impose excessive and unfair selling prices.

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Nomura taps Jefferies for new head of flow credit for CEEMEA

The TRADE

Nomura has appointed Mouloud Ameni as head of flow credit for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA), alongside adding him to the global flow credit leadership council. Ameni will be London-based, reporting to Eric Pang, global head of flow credit, and Nat Tyce, head of global markets EMEA. He joins Nomura from Jefferies, where he held senior leadership positions, most recently serving as managing director for emerging markets (EM) credit trading.

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How investors use Private Equity Info for deal flow & market insights

Private Equity Info

Private Equity Info is a valuable resource for private equity firms seeking to enhance seal sourcing, monitor competitor deal flow activities, and build a robust executive recruiting network, while working more efficiently with advanced M&A search tools.

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Snyk acquires Helios to bolster its AppSec platform

TechCrunch: M&A

Snyk, the well-funded developer-focused security company, today announced that it has acquired Helios, a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps developers troubleshoot and understand their microservices in production. Snyk will use Helios to bolster its recently launched AppRisk service, its application security play, and to provide them with a better overall security service both at build […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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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[Video] Spotlight on Financial Services | Clients depend on Dinsmore to offer clear and concise counsel in the complex area of financial services

JD Supra: Mergers

Spotlight on Financial Services | Clients depend on Dinsmore to offer clear and concise counsel in the complex area of financial services Columbus-based corporate partner Christian Gonzalez explains how our team’s multidisciplinary approach can meet the most complex demands, and offer training for those new to the financial services industry.

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Trader of the Year: Millennium’s Charlotte Nutting

The TRADE

Senior trader at Millennium, Charlotte Nutting, has been on a rapid ascension in the last few years. In 2019, Nutting was nominated by her industry peers as one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution, and just four years later, she was shortlisted for The TRADE’s coveted Buy-side Trader of the Year Award. Up against other individuals from Invesco, Liontrust Asset Management, Baillie Gifford and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), Nutting took home the award after an industry-wide

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Bitcoin tumbled after a slate of ETFs launched. Here’s why that might dent some crypto miners’ profitability

CNBC: Investing

Investors in bitcoin mining stocks are watching the price of the crypto after the ETF approvals turned out to be a sell-the-news event after all.

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Rebound in dealmaking could boost Goldman Sachs after rocky 2023

American Banker - Investment Banking

The Wall Street giant did a lot of backtracking last year, abandoning its plans to become a bank for everyone. Now it's refocusing on growing its tried-and-true businesses of dealmaking and asset management.

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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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2023 Chemicals & Energy Antitrust Report

JD Supra: Mergers

For companies in the energy and chemical sectors, the potential for antitrust scrutiny is an ever-present concern. The next round of enforcement inquiries is never further away than the next jump in commodity prices or the next consolidation wave. Especially under an enforcement-minded administration, companies should stay focused on timely transaction planning and routine compliance efforts to manage their antitrust-related risks.

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Panmure Gordon and Liberum agree merger to create new investment banking giant in the UK

The TRADE

Panmure Gordon and Liberum are set to merge to create the UK’s largest independent investment bank, with ex-Barclays executive Rich Ricci stepping into the chief executive role of the combined entity. The new firm – Panmure Liberum – will be a market maker in over 750 stocks with all-cap execution capabilities and have over 250 quoted corporate clients with market cap of £250 million.

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Elon Musk's demand for more Tesla control could weigh on the stock, analysts say

CNBC: Investing

Regaining 25% control of the automaker would require "the effective dilution of other investors stakes," JPMorgan analyst Ryan Brinkman wrote.

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Government reveals aim to make UK a ‘scaleup powerhouse’

Growth Business

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success The UK’s tech secretary, Michelle Donelan, has set out plans to make Britain a ‘scaleup powerhouse’ in her speech at co-working space Plexal. Setting out her plans for the UK in 2024, Donelan said a big part of this plan is to increase the number of tech unicorns in the UK to make up about 50 per cent of tech unicorns in Europe by 2030 – up from about a third today.

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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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The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - January 2024

JD Supra: Mergers

Illumina Agrees to Unwind Acquisition of Grail Following Fifth Circuit Decision. On December 15, 2023, the Fifth Circuit vacated the FTC’s order that Illumina unwind its acquisition of Grail—a developer of a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test.

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JDE Peet’s enters into a long-term global licence agreement to manufacture, market and sell Caribou-branded consumer and foodservice coffee products

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

Press Release Amsterdam, 18 January 2024JDE Peet’s (EURONEXT: JDEP), the world’s leading pure-play coffee and tea company by revenue, today announced it.

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New Morgan Stanley CEO trims outlook, pledges to stay the course

American Banker - Investment Banking

Two weeks after Ted Pick rose to CEO, the company slightly revised its long-term targets for efficiency, return on tangible common equity and other metrics. Yet, Pick says, "there's not a change in strategy" after the departure of his predecessor, James Gorman.

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Baltimore Sun Sold to Chairman of Sinclair TV Stations

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

David D. Smith bought the newspaper and its sister publications in a private deal with Alden Global Capital, their owner since 2021.

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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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France Strengthens Foreign Investment Controls, Expands Jurisdiction to ‘Commercial Establishments’ Registered in France | Insights

JD Supra: Mergers

On 28 December 2023, the French government adopted decree number 2023-1293 (Decree), together with an administrative order of the same date (Order), that expanded the scope of covered investments and covered activities under French foreign direct investment (FDI) rules (as amended, the New Rules).

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Top Wall Street analysts recommend these stocks for dividend-oriented investors

CNBC: Investing

TipRanks' analyst ranking service pinpoints Wall Street's best-performing stocks, including Civitas Resources and Williams Companies.

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Zero Balance Current Account: A Quick Explainer

Razorpay

Powerful current accounts always come with a caveat; a minimum balance requirement. Whether it is a few ten thousand or a few lakhs, most accounts are not zero balance current accounts. Would a zero balance current account really be so beneficial to businesses? Here’s a blog explaining all you need to know about current accounts and their minimum balance requirement.