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Permira completes Squarespace acquisition after upping bid to $7.2B

TechCrunch: M&A

Website builder Squarespace is no longer a publicly traded company, after private equity firm Permira procured all remaining common stock in the firm. Permira first revealed plans to acquire Squarespace back in May, offering shareholders in the NYSE-traded company $44 per share — this equated to an equity valuation of $6.6

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Getaround aims to scale car-sharing platform with HyreCar acquisition

TechCrunch: M&A

Peer-to-peer car-sharing company Getaround said Thursday it will acquire the assets of HyreCar, another car-sharing marketplace, for $9.45 Getaround’s stock soared 135% in after-hours trading on the news, reaching a high of $0.80. To date, Getaround’s stock has lost 96% of its value.

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Remembering Art Cashin’s most valuable stock market lessons – and the stories behind them

CNBC: Investing

Art Cashin was a great historian of the stock market, and he shared his teachings through stories.

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Delaware Court of Chancery Confirms Enforceability of Identity-Based Voting Stock

JD Supra: Mergers

Bumble), which contemplated that each share of stock carried either one vote or 10 votes depending upon the identity of the holder, were valid and consistent with the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL). Recently, in Colon v. Bumble, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that certain provisions in the charter of Bumble, Inc.

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European shares kick off 2024 on dour note; tech stocks lead declines

Global Banking & Finance

European shares kick off 2024 on dour note; tech stocks lead declines By Ankika Biswas and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Europe’s benchmark stock index capped off the first trading day of the New Year lower with technology stocks amongst top decliners on Tuesday, as traders bid adieu to an upbeat 2023 that was fuelled by expectations […] (..)

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HSR Considerations for Secondary Sales of Private Company Stock

JD Supra: Mergers

Such filings are more likely for secondary sales involving large, late-stage private companies whose stock has become valuable. Further, while the HSR Act is a US law, its requirements may apply to sales of shares. By: Cooley LLP

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Philip Morris is a growth stock again as shares hit all-time high on Zyn demand boom

CNBC: Investing

The company's stock was tracking for a record close and clinched a fresh intraday record.

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