JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 19, 2023

On December 7, 2023, the White House announced a series of initiatives to “lower health care and prescription drug costs by promoting competition.” Citing increasing concentration in the health care industry among payers, providers, and drug companies, the Administration outlined new inter-agency efforts to stop what it views to be “anticompetitive mergers and anticompetitive practices by dominant corporations in health care markets.”.

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TechCrunch: M&A

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Adobe’s $20 billion mega-bid to buy rival Figma is now officially dead, after the companies said today that regulatory pushback in Europe had caused them to put an end to the acquisition plans. “Although both companies continue to believe in the merits and procompetitive benefits of the combination, Adobe and Figma mutually agreed to terminate […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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H. Friedman Search

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As we conclude the recruiter tips for the hiring manager and candidate series of 2024, I want to end on the importance of conveying an adequate offer and having it accepted. Without an offer being acknowledged and signed, everything that you both have worked hard to accomplish will be a series of great conversations with nothing being attained. With the acceptance of an offer, all your hard work over the months has now paid off.

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Banker on FIRE

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Sometimes, you feel like the world is playing against you. Best laid plans crumble in an instant. Months and years of hard work produce zero results. Even the proverbial coin tosses go the wrong way. You are disappointed, exhausted, and ready to give up. At other times, you’ve got all the wind in … The Struggle Is Real Read More » The post The Struggle Is Real appeared first on Banker on FIRE.

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 21, 2023

After "an extensive public consultation process" since late July 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division on Dec. 18, 2023, jointly announced the release of final Merger Guidelines that would significantly expand the number and types of transactions subject to antitrust challenge.

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TechCrunch: M&A

DECEMBER 18, 2023

IBM is doling out €2.13 billion ($2.3 billion) to acquire a duo of data integration assets from Germany-based enterprise software company Software AG. The all-cash deal will see IBM take ownership of StreamSets, a data integration platform that Software AG had acquired just last year, and WebMethods, which Software AG bought for more than $500 […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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CNBC: Investing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The electric vehicle maker is poised to see the highest net inflows from retail traders of any security this year.

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In the December Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including a preview of the SEC’s latest regulatory agenda, an update regarding the Fifth Circuit vacating the SEC’s share repurchase rules, recent shareholder activism litigation, the FTC’s and DOJ’s final merger guidelines and California’s new anti-greenwashing disclosure requirements.

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TechCrunch: M&A

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Isovalent, a cloud-native security and networking startup that should fit well with the company’s core networking and security strategy. The companies did not share the purchase price. Isovalent has helped develop eBPF, a key open source technology that gives developers deep insight into the operating system […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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The New York Times: Banking

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Despite legal reservations, policymakers are weighing the consequences of using $300 billion in Russian assets to help Kyiv’s war effort.

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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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CNBC: Investing

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Wealth management firms could see billions of dollars in added value thanks to AI, McKinsey & Company found.

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released the long-awaited 2023 Merger Guidelines. The final guidelines are the result of nearly two years of behind-the-scenes drafting, numerous public listening sessions and workshops, and the receipt of some 35,000 public comments.

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TechCrunch: M&A

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Japanese conglomerate is selling the Open Opportunity Fund to its chairman Paul Judge, and Marcelo Claure, who's being appointed as vice chairman and general partner. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The New York Times: Banking

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Buying mattresses, clothes and other goods on installment plans has propped up spending, but economists worry that such loans could put some people at risk.

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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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CNBC: Investing

DECEMBER 17, 2023

A global survey by Citi showed there has been a shift out of cash and into risk assets by family offices around the world — with one notable exception, Asia.

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In 2023, the Delaware courts continued to be called upon to elaborate important rules of corporate law. The year’s docket brought further development in a number of areas, including oversight liability, “busted deal” disputes, SPAC litigation, Revlon liability and Con Ed provisions. We will be watching as new cases in 2024 explore the implications of those rulings.

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TechCrunch: M&A

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Egyptian B2B e-commerce startup MaxAB and Wasoko, a Kenya-based e-commerce player with operations in Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, are in talks to merge operations, TechCrunch has exclusively learned from multiple sources. They say talks are still ongoing and the agreement hasn’t been finalized yet. The merger talks come as B2B e-commerce companies in Africa […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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The New York Times: Banking

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Economists offer alternatives to financial safeguards created when the U.S. was the pre-eminent superpower and climate change wasn’t on the agenda.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The talks, which are said to be in the early stages, add Warner Bros. Discovery to the list of companies pursuing a possible deal with Paramount.

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Consolidation and alternative energy drive big-ticket energy, mining and utilities M&A - Global dealmaking in the construction and energy, mining and utilities (EMU) sectors has cooled over the course of 2023. There were 2,927 deals announced across the sectors through the first nine months of the year, down 12.7 percent from the same period last year.

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TechCrunch: M&A

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Snowflake is buying Samooha, a startup developing a “cross-cloud” data collaboration suite, the companies announced this morning — adding to the list of big tech acquisitions leading up to the holiday season. With the deal, which is expected to close by the end of the month subject to customary closing conditions, Snowflake gains an established […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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The New York Times: Banking

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Investors are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on FTX bankruptcy claims, betting that the firm’s new leaders will recover the money that Sam Bankman-Fried misappropriated.

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CNBC: Investing

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Registered investment advisors will probably be the main driver of bitcoin ETF flows in the event of U.S. approval, according to Needham.

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The year in antitrust began apace on January 5 with the release of the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule banning all employer-employee noncompete agreements. At mid-year, the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice issued a proposal that would dramatically increase merging parties’ filing requirements, and expense, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

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TechCrunch: M&A

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Salesforce has announced plans to acquire Spiff, a platform that automates commission management for sales teams. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2017, Spiff serves up a low-code interface designed to make it easy for businesses to create a sales compensation plan that automatically updates based on personnel meeting their pre-agreed targets. […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Deal Lawyers

DECEMBER 19, 2023

On Monday, the DOJ and FTC announced the release of the final 2023 Merger Guidelines. The draft guidelines were published back in July. As expected, the guidelines formalize a “notable shift toward more aggressive merger control enforcement” as described in this White & Case memo. However, there were significant changes from the draft form.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The $14.1 billion deal comes after months of uncertainty about the future of the century-old steel maker.

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 18, 2023

After a multiyear low in 2022, China’s cross-border M&A activity experienced a slow recovery in 2023. Although outbound M&A deal value and volume remained lackluster in the first half of 2023, the market overall rebounded in the second half.

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TechCrunch: M&A

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Most startup exits look nothing like the Adobe-Figma deal, which means this breakup won't impact most future startup acquisitions. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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How2Exit

DECEMBER 22, 2023

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