TechCrunch: M&A
MARCH 26, 2024
Canva, the high-flying Australian design and visual communication startup, announced today it was acquiring Affinity (formerly Serif), a creative tools company based in the U.K. Bloomberg reported that the deal was worth several hundred million pounds (approximately $380 million U.S.), and the company confirmed to TechCrunch that the number was accurate.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 26, 2024
Antitrust actions significantly impacted the technology sector in 2023 and are poised to have substantial repercussions in the future, affecting both major tech companies and emerging enterprises. In addition to a focus on the largest technology companies, a prevalent theme in much of the antitrust activity in the tech space in 2023 was the examination of behavior across vertically related products or services.
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TechCrunch: M&A
MARCH 26, 2024
Borderless Capital, an investment firm that specializes in web3, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring CTF Capital, a quantitative trading and asset management firm headquartered in Miami, with technology and operation teams in Latin America. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The deal marks Borderless’ first acquisition since its inception in 2018. […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 26, 2024
Labor markets have been a focus of antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since the Obama administration. Indications are that enforcers will be even more aggressive across the board, raising labor concerns in order to prevent mergers and change employers’ behavior.
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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?
The TRADE
MARCH 26, 2024
Leveraged loan trading revenue topped $900 million in 2023, up 16% from 2021 and 29% from 2022, a new report from Coalition Greenwich has found. Over the past three years, leveraged loan markets have experienced shifting revenues as seen throughout fixed income markets, however, research shows that the mostly floating rate market managed to weather the storm from rising interest rates which drove down bond prices.
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Deal Lawyers
MARCH 26, 2024
This Gibson Dunn memo addresses the top intellectual property issues that buyers should consider during the M&A due diligence process.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 26, 2024
Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act), a pivotal federal law, mandates companies to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) before finalizing mergers or acquisitions involving certain assets or voting securities. This notification is part of the FTC and DOJ Premerger Notification Program, designed to enable a thorough review of proposed transactions for potential antitrust issues.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 26, 2024
Robert Mitchnick, BlackRock's digital assets lead, discusses bitcoin cycles and volatility at Bitcoin Investor Day.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 26, 2024
The already complex business calculus that goes into a merger has become even more complicated in the past several years because of stepped-up government scrutiny. Major transactions have been blocked or abandoned in the face of opposition by regulators in the U.S., U.K. and European Union on competition and national interest or national security grounds.
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CNBC: Investing
MARCH 26, 2024
Investors looking to bet on the AI boom may want to take a look at this semiconductor supplier trading at a discount to the sector, JPMorgan says.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 26, 2024
On March 7, 2024, the US Department of Justice’s National Security Division (NSD) released a revised Voluntary Self-Disclosure (VSD) Policy (the “VSD Policy”). The VSD Policy substantially tracks the language of the previous VSD Policy (dated March 1, 2023) but makes a few notable updates, mostly to implement last year’s announcement by the Deputy Attorney General of a Department-wide Safe Harbor Policy in connection with mergers and acquisitions.
Cisco: M&A
MARCH 26, 2024
A few months ago, I wrote about the security of AI models, fine-tuning techniques, and the use of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) in a Cisco Security Blog post.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 26, 2024
Mergers and acquisitions involving companies that conduct business with the federal government present a unique set of challenges. Several statutes and regulations are implicated in such corporate transactions, whether the federal government is a company’s smallest customer or its only customer. On March 18, 2024, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense suggesting additional hurdles that may soon be put in place.
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
The New York Times: Banking
MARCH 26, 2024
The deal could save merchants $30 billion over five years. It would also allow them to adjust prices based on the costs of accepting different credit cards.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 26, 2024
Waud Capital Partners (WCP) has acquired Senior Helpers, according to a news release. Senior Helpers, founded in 2002 and based in Towson, Md., is a provider of in-home senior assistance.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 26, 2024
Companies that split their shares outperformed the broader market by a "meaningful margin" in the two months after the effective date, according to the firm.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 26, 2024
Orrick's Tech Exit Series suggests top tips for tech companies looking towards an exit. Our market-leading London M&A and Private Equity team writes instalments in the series with contributions from specialists across our broader practice.
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 26, 2024
According to Trivariate Research, investors should be overweight in healthcare and energy sectors, where companies will likely achieve their estimates better.
Global Newswire by Notified: M&A
MARCH 26, 2024
STRASBURG, Va. and PRINCE GEORGE, Va., March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First National Corporation (“First National”) (NASDAQ: FXNC) and Touchstone Bankshares, Inc. (“Touchstone”) (OTCPK: TSBA) announced today they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for First National to acquire Touchstone in an all-stock transaction.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 26, 2024
The issue of retirement took center stage in Fink's letter to shareholders.
Global Newswire by Notified: M&A
MARCH 26, 2024
Synergy ECP, today announced its acquisition of SoftTech Solutions, a custom software developer specializing in the U.S. Intelligence Community.
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 26, 2024
A chipmaker and an electric vehicle giant were in focus on Tuesday's analyst chatter.
Tyton Partners
MARCH 26, 2024
The Jobs Frontier 2024 Ufi Ventures and Tyton Partners are collaborating on an ongoing exploration of the opportunities for investors in the Future of Workforce Development. In this annual report, you will find our second public analysis of key developments in the “Future of Work” investment landscape from the previous year with insights for 2024. Whilst we are living in a period of crisis, unpredictability and rapid change, with growing skills gaps and a pressing need to adapt to AI and for a g
The TRADE
MARCH 26, 2024
How has the market backdrop of the last few years impacted restricted currency execution and custody? Photo taken with Focos Local market regulations are constantly changing what custodians and third-party providers are able to bring to market, so this is an ever-evolving landscape. When you look at some of the larger currency control moves such as Malaysia in 2016 or Argentina in 2019, they have certainly placed more eyes on internal processes and external offerings.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 26, 2024
Analysts are hopeful Boeing's executive shakeup should help the company and stock overall recover from ongoing safety concerns tied to the 737 Max.
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Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.
Cisco: M&A
MARCH 26, 2024
Graduating with my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and securing a post-doctorate position, I was well on my way to staying in academia and becoming a professor.
Benchmark International
MARCH 26, 2024
Benchmark International is pleased to announce the successful sale of A&B Concrete Coring Company (“A&B”) to A-Core Concrete Specialists (“A-Core”).
Shearman & Sterling
MARCH 26, 2024
On February 23, 2024, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery invalidated a number of significant provisions in a stockholder agreement between a financial institution (the "Company") and its founder and controlling stockholder. West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund v. Moelis & Co., No. 2023-0309-JTL (Del. Ch.
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