H. Friedman Search

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Last week we discussed if you can still make a move in 2023. Today I want to explore the parts of the move process that many are starting to overlook as the anxiety to get a new position increases. What area exactly? The crucial area of the background check. The background check has been expanded significantly from the old days of just running fingerprints to the firms and their human resource departments taking advantage of the information age.

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JD Supra: Mergers

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Troutman Pepper's Creditor’s Rights Toolkit is a series that provides practical insights to help creditors confront the challenges of commercial bankruptcy. Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code allows a debtor to assume (retain) or assume and assign an executory contract to a third party, provided that all monetary and nonmonetary defaults are cured. In addition to curing all defaults, Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code requires that the party to whom a debtor seeks to assign an executory.

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TechCrunch: M&A

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

PagerDuty announced this afternoon that it intends to acquire Jeli.io, an early-stage incident management startup. The companies did not share the price. Jeli was founded in 2019 by Nora Jones, a chaos engineering veteran, who had previously worked at Netflix and Slack. Jones went to work building a company that could help customers figure out […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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JD Supra: Mergers

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Hospital mergers have been an increasing trend in the healthcare markets over the past decade, with many proponents of these mergers believing that the overall consolidation of hospital services provides better outcomes for patients at large, and opponents arguing that these mergers only result in increased costs to patients.

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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?

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Deal Lawyers

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

If you needed any more proof about how challenging M&A financing conditions are, check out this recent Axios article, which says that equity contributions to US LBO transactions are at record levels.

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American Banker - Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Regulators are looking into practices within JPMorgan's securities arm and investigating parts of its trading operations, according to a regulatory filing by America's largest bank.

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The New York Times: Banking

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The case against the founder of the failed FTX exchange had come to symbolize the excesses of the volatile cryptocurrency industry.

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Successful Acquisitions

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Capstone Strategic Advises Achieva Credit Union on the Purchase of Cannella Insurance Services Capstone Strategic, Inc. (Capstone) announced today that Achieva Credit Union of Dunedin, Florida recently acquired Canella Insurance Services of Tampa. The acquisition took place through Achieva’s credit union service organization, Achieva Insurance Agency.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The deal would generate more than $3 billion in revenue for the companies, they projected in a statement. The merger comes after years of financial challenges for Six Flags.

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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.

Finance

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and HSBC Bank Middle East are collaborating to develop digital fixed income securities, with the aim to broaden capital market use cases in the Middle East. The collaboration will leverage ADX’s investment product knowledge and HSBC’s investment banking, capital markets and blockchain capabilities. “We believe that digital assets will grow in significance in the future and ADX intends to be at the forefront of this innovation,” said Abdulla Salem Alnuaimi, chi

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CNBC: Investing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Longtime investor Bill Gross said Thursday that regional banks are poised to bounce back with the tailwind of falling interest rates.

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The New York Times: Banking

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Britain’s central bank said that interest rates would need to remain high for an “extended” period, and that economic growth was expected to be flat over much of the next two years.

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CNBC: Investing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Berkshire Hathaway's shares are trading at a significant discount, offering investors a buying opportunity, according to CFRA.

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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.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As the market increasingly turns its attention to FX hedging, not only is the market hedging more (an overhang reaction to last year’s highly volatile market), but the strategies around FX hedging are also undergoing change as participants take an increasingly proactive approach. The aftermath of 2022’s high volatility – which peaked in Q4 – has led firms to increase the degree to which they hedge, with the market acutely aware of the persistent threat of significant geopolitical situations acro

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CNBC: Investing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This biotech's "blockbuster drug" targeting dermatology and rheumatology could achieve $4.2 billion in U.S. revenue, according to Stifel.

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Cisco: M&A

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Imagine a world where IT isn’t a labyrinth of complexity but instead a streamlined highway to innovation. That world isn’t a pipe dream—it’s a SASE-enabled reality.

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CNBC: Investing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Steve Eisman of the "The Big Short" fame said Thursday that one mantra he swears by is telling him that buying beaten-up bank stocks won't be fruitful.

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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.

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The New York Times: Banking

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The trial for the founder of the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange has moved more speedily than anticipated.

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CNBC: Investing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Pros on CNBC discussed Starbucks after the company reported fiscal Q4 earnings that beat on both earnings and revenue.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Female founders received just 3.5 per cent of venture capital funding in the first half of 2023, research has found. The study, using data from Beauhurst , found that figure contrasts with 85.1 per cent invested in all-male founded teams and comes despite an increase in businesses founded by women – of which now make up 20.5 per cent of UK businesses.

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CNBC: Investing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Two of the semiconductor stocks that reported this week saw some big post-earnings moves and substantially above-average options trading activity.

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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.

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PE Hub

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

David Causby will continue to serve as Gentiva's president and CEO, and the combined company will remain headquartered in Atlanta. The post CD&R-backed Gentiva acquires ProMedica’s home health, palliative, and hospice business appeared first on PE Hub.

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CNBC: Investing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A strategy focused on cash flow has worked dramatically well this year for the Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF (CALF).

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Accenture Capital Markets

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Our recently published Asia wealth management report focuses on two major areas for firms: The importance of mobile as a channel that, our research shows, wealth management firms can greatly improve; and the evergreen—and so far unanswered—question of relationship manager (RM) productivity. Both areas link directly to firms’ primary ambition in the region: future growth.

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CNBC: Investing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The S&P 500 should climb into year-end as recession threats lack teeth, the firm said.

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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.

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PE Hub

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Century Box was founded in 1978 by Alvin and Johanna Kagan. The post CORE Industrial Partners invests in packaging firm Century Box appeared first on PE Hub.

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Cisco: M&A

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In just a few days, we’ll be together for Cisco Partner Summit 2023, in-person in Miami Beach and digitally, November 7-8.

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PE Hub

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

MedImpact Healthcare has a $575m stalking horse bid to acquire Rite Aid's Elixir pharmacy benefit manager business. The post Bankrupt Rite Aid’s Elixir business ripe for mid-market PE buyout appeared first on PE Hub.

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