Thu.Nov 09, 2023

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Getir is a sign of what’s to come in the M&A market in 2024

TechCrunch: M&A

Many people, myself included, predicted a wave of startup acquisitions in 2023 as companies rooted in good ideas but built on not-so-good business models ran out of money. That largely didn’t happen, but there are signs it will in 2024. Funding volume and deal count continues to slow down, according to Q3 data from PitchBook, […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Where Do The Flying Rumors Leave You?

H. Friedman Search

As you likely know, last week a major bank came out and said they are seriously looking at their current stand on their role in the field of public finance. This comes on the heels of another major investment bank announcing they are out of negotiated public finance but will remain a strong buyer of bonds in the competitive field. This has definitely provoked a lot of questions and concerns about the future of public finance.

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Successor Liability and Bankruptcy Sales: Can I look to the Purchaser of My Customer’s Business for Payment of My Claim? - Creditor’s Rights Toolkit

JD Supra: Mergers

Troutman Pepper's Creditor’s Rights Toolkit is a series that provides practical insights to help creditors confront the challenges of commercial bankruptcy. Successor liability is a legal doctrine that sometimes permits a creditor to look to a successor entity for payment of its claim. Generally, bankruptcy sales protect purchasers from such claims under Section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, but there are limited exceptions.

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Mark O'Donnell of EOS Worldwide: Transforming Company Culture and Driving Business Success

How2Exit

b' Mark O'Donnell of EOS Worldwide: Transforming Company Culture and Driving Business Success - Watch Here rn rn Here is what my team and I learned from this interview: (These are notes from team members, writers, sometimes AI, and even listeners who submitted what i learned loosely edited and shared here) - If it seems a bit unrefined, you're reading our notes, so. yeah.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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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Evading Transaction Roadblocks: Strategies for Common Late-Stage Dealbreakers

JD Supra: Mergers

After completing the arduous task of preparing to sell a business and agreeing to the terms in principle for a transaction in which a business owner will sell his or her “life’s work,” selling business owners (“Seller” or “Sellers”) often experience a feeling of relief and envision a smooth trip toward the “finish line” – the closing date. However, the last portion of the road to a closed transaction can include one or more roadblocks that create unrest or even panic for the Sellers, leaving.

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Morgan Lewis Automotive & Mobility – Q3 | 2023

JD Supra: Mergers

Welcome to the 37th edition of our newsletter on developments in the automotive industry, published by Morgan Lewis’s automotive and mobility team with contributions from lawyers in our offices around the globe. We counsel our automotive clients on a broad range of industry-specific issues, including matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, litigation, regulatory concerns, intellectual property, and labor and employment.

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Patient Disney shareholders get some good news: The dividend is coming back

CNBC: Investing

For the first time since 2020, Disney is resuming paying a dividend to return capital to shareholders as the media giant continues its turnaround.

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Impact of Pillar Two on Tax Risk Apportionment for a Corporate Sale

JD Supra: Mergers

How do you draft a tax covenant for a corporate sale when the Seller Group is within the scope of a Pillar Two charge? This is an issue that will become increasingly relevant as we approach the Pillar Two start date at the end of 2023. Please see full Publication below for more information.

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Blending Emotions with Economics: Lia Holmgren’s Revolutionary Approach to Trading

Global Banking & Finance

Blending Emotions with Economics: Lia Holmgren’s Revolutionary Approach to Trading Trading education has traditionally been a field dominated by the hard sciences. Learners analyze charts, crunch numbers, and attempt to predict future market trends using complex strategies. Still, this approach often needs to include a critical and typically overlooked psychological component of the trading equation.

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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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Choose Your Words Carefully: Three Recent Earnout Cases Under Delaware Law

JD Supra: Mergers

When the prospects of an acquired business are uncertain, an earnout can bridge the valuation gap between buyer and seller and help get the deal done. Taking this route is not without risk, however, particularly where circumstances arise that aren’t clearly covered by the earnout language (and the longer the earnout period, the more likely circumstances are to change).

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Morgan Stanley says consumers looking for 30% discounts on holiday shopping before buying, sell retail stocks

CNBC: Investing

Retailers will be competing for a budget pool that is similarly sized to last year and will have to entice shoppers with more competitive prices.

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FCA issues warning about Market Abuse and Market Soundings

JD Supra: Mergers

On 31 October 2023, the FCA published its Market Watch newsletter no. 75 ("MW75"), expressing concern about instances of possible market abuse it has come across when routinely reviewing trading, and communications and documentation that have been shared in connection with market soundings under MAR (i.e., the UK Market Abuse Regulation). Recipients of market soundings ("MSRs" - market sounding recipients) as well as those who instigate market soundings and communicate with MSRs ("DMPs" -.

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Closed-end funds can generate income – and they’re cheap. Here’s how they might fit in your portfolio

CNBC: Investing

A confluence of events is resulting in some sharp discounts for closed-end funds, especially if you're looking on the fixed-income side.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

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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Fed Chair Recalls Inflation ‘Head Fakes’ and Pledges to Do More if Needed

The New York Times: Banking

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said officials would proceed carefully. But if more policy action is needed, he pledged to take it.

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ParkerGale scoops up two market intelligence firms Gap Intelligence and Deep.ad

PE Hub

As part of the transaction, the combined company will be led by Greg Munves as CEO. The post ParkerGale scoops up two market intelligence firms Gap Intelligence and Deep.ad appeared first on PE Hub.

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Cisco and Rockwell strengthen OT/ICS security with visibility for converged plantwide ethernet (CPwE)

Cisco: M&A

The turtle, protected by its hard shell, is a good metaphor for the security model used in most industrial networks.

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LLCP-backed Resolution Economics picks up Affirmative Action Plan and acquired practice groups

PE Hub

The pre-employment testing services of Biddle Consulting Group operating under the name TestGenius were not part of the acquisition. The post LLCP-backed Resolution Economics picks up Affirmative Action Plan and acquired practice groups appeared first on PE Hub.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

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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OT remote access: can you trust your technician’s laptop?

Cisco: M&A

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) is a secure remote access service that verifies remote users and grants access only to specific resources at specific times based on identity and context policies.

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Options traders betting things could get even worse for two troubled stocks

CNBC: Investing

DISH Network (DISH) fell more than 30% following earnings, and is now down more than 90% in just over two years.

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Finding Support as a Navy Reservist at Cisco: My Bridge To Possible

Cisco: M&A

Five years ago, I found myself sailing across the Arctic Circle to participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s largest exercise since the Cold War.

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Beware these companies due to report earnings that have negative profit momentum

CNBC: Investing

Analysts have been cutting earnings estimates for these four stocks ahead of their next reports, slated for release next week.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

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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FET to acquire Variperm Energy Services from SCF Partners

PE Hub

Variperm is a Calgary-based provider of downhole sand control products and services to the Canadian energy industry. The post FET to acquire Variperm Energy Services from SCF Partners appeared first on PE Hub.

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Investor Sarat Sethi shares his picks for a higher-for-longer interest rate environment

CNBC: Investing

The managing partner at Douglas C. Lane & Associates favors Morgan Stanley, among other stock names.

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Meet Swisscom’s Damian Erni, a Cisco Insider Advocate

Cisco: M&A

Cisco’s advocacy community, Cisco Insider Advocates , brings our customers together and provides a way for them to make powerful connections, expand their professional and personal networks, and learn… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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There's a new entry into the weight loss drug boom. Here's the outlook for the stock

CNBC: Investing

AstraZeneca is the latest player to enter the weight loss drug market, which analysts predict could reach $100 billion by 2030.

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

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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CDPQ backs Avenir Global’s growth with minority investment

PE Hub

Avenir is a Montreal-based holding and management company of public relations and communications businesses. The post CDPQ backs Avenir Global’s growth with minority investment appeared first on PE Hub.

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Thursday’s analyst calls: One bank says sell Tesla, Goldman sees big Disney upside

CNBC: Investing

Thursday started with a rare sell-equivalent rating placed on Tesla.

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Butterfly and Equilibrium take a deep dive into aquaculture; Kain Capital hires new CTO

PE Hub

Kain Capital names Gupta as chief technology officer. The post Butterfly and Equilibrium take a deep dive into aquaculture; Kain Capital hires new CTO appeared first on PE Hub.

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