JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The third quarter of 2023 was eventful for both domestic and international cartel enforcers. In the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to revamp policies to sharpen its enforcement efforts. On October 4, 2023, the Deputy Attorney General announced a safe harbor for merging parties to self-report criminal violations—not just antitrust violations—for up to six months after the transaction closes.

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Bring Questions for Rhea Harsoor TODAY at 3PM ET! How does one go from IB to Media? Transitioning from a career in investment banking to the dynamic world of media may seem like a significant shift. However, with the right strategy and thoughtful planning, this transition is indeed possible… learn more from prior webinar attendees with the link below!

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Continuing a more aggressive posture toward corporate mergers, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recently announced new HSR rules that dramatically change and expand the amount and type of information that needs to be submitted with HSR filings. How will this impact future M&A activity and Second Requests? Brian Rafkin, counsel in Akin’s antitrust and competition practice, joins the podcast to examine the new HSR rules and their potential implications.

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Deal Lawyers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Last week, John blogged about the DOJ’s new “Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy” intended to incentivize voluntary self-disclosure of wrongdoing uncovered during the M&A process, which Deputy AGs had previewed in a speech and multiple prior comments. This Wilson Sonsini alert describes how acquirers can apply the policy and gives five practical suggestions: 1.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions are facing ever longer regulatory reviews and an increasingly uncertain outcome. Less than a decade ago, it seemed we were on a clear path to substantial international convergence, and the "community" understood that it is difficult to hold transactions together over long periods of regulatory uncertainty, so various initiatives to speed up global deal reviews were considered.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

DOJ’s announcement of a safe harbor for voluntary self-disclosure in the context of acquisitions is the latest policy change in support of its effort to incentivize compliance, empower compliance professionals, and make compliance a cost-savings center. It also heightens the importance of diligence and post-acquisition investigation to unearth acquired misconduct within the policy’s short, six-month window for self-disclosure.

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CNBC: Investing

OCTOBER 27, 2023

CNBC Pro used FactSet data to screen for the most overbought and oversold names in the S&P 500 based on their 14-day relative strength index, or RSI.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

UNITED STATES - Proposed Merger Guidelines Outline Fundamental Change of Approach to Merger Investigation and Enforcement - On July 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released new proposed merger guidelines. The agencies have requested comments on these new guidelines and will work to finalize them in the coming months.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

OCTOBER 27, 2023

BuzzFeed is negotiating a sale of much of Complex Networks for under $140 million, less than half of what it paid to acquire it two years ago.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Antitrust and Competition - European Commission Prohibits US$1.7 Billion Merger in Online Travel Agency Sector - On 25 September 2023, the European Commission (Commission) prohibited, under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (EU Merger Regulation), a merger in the online travel agency sector.

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CNBC: Investing

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The stock market could see further damage if one key index can't hold an important technical level, according to Bank of America.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Welcome to the October issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian competition law and foreign investment, including updates on enforcement activity by the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau), recent initiatives and key trends.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Key Companies in Oats Market are Quaker Oats Company (PepsiCo, Inc.) (New York, U.S.), Morning Foods Ltd. (Crewe, United Kingdom), The Kellogg Company (Michigan, U.S.), Richardson International Ltd. (Winnipeg, Canada), Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, Inc. (Oregon, U.S.), Avena Foods Ltd. (Regina, Canada), Glanbia, Plc. (Kilkenny, Ireland), The Ancient Grains, Co.

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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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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Compliance assessments can be a valuable tool during the mergers and acquisitions process, but the Department of Justice (DOJ) is incentivizing due diligence reviews under a newly announced policy. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the Safe Harbor Policy earlier this month during a speech about compliance and ethics.

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Cisco: M&A

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Four and a half years ago, I came into Partner Performance with one primary goal – simplifying a complex environment. I know that goal resonates with many of our partners across the globe!

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Food Venture Financing Trends - - Ferrara Candy announced that it plans to buy Jelly Belly Candy, the prominent jelly bean business, for an undisclosed amount. - Tyson Foods announced that it plans to make a strategic minority investment in Protix, an insect protein startup company.

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CNBC: Investing

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Sara Devereux, the global head of fixed income at Vanguard's Investment Management Group, spoke exclusively to CNBC's Bob Pisani.

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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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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently unveiled a policy for voluntary disclosure of misconduct in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This is another in a series of recent initiatives relating to corporate compliance, including updates to relevant guidance and corporate voluntary self-disclosure.

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CNBC: Investing

OCTOBER 27, 2023

To capture elevated options premium while still feeling comfortable in potentially owning the stock, selling a put spread is the prudent approach.

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Razorpay

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The internet has revolutionised the way businesses collect customer payments. However, fraud vulnerabilities and security breaches make internet security a challenging task. As a business owner, you must strive to deliver an excellent payment experience to your customers when they make payments through different online payment channels. This can be achieved by having sufficient security measures in place.

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Sica Fletcher

OCTOBER 27, 2023

S&P Global’s 2023 September YTD Market Intelligence League Table Released NEW YORK, NY - October 27, 2023 - Sica | Fletcher, a premier financial advisory firm, retains its commanding presence in the #1 spot on S&P Global’s Market Intelligence League Table, a position the firm has held quarter-over-quarter since 2017. The S&P Global Market Intelligence League Table reveals that Sica | Fletcher closed 78 M&A deals year-to-date, with a significant focus on insurance-related transact

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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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CNBC: Investing

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Pros on CNBC discussed Amazon after the company reported third-quarter results that beat on the top and bottom lines.

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PE Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Sheridan invested alongside Ascend’s surgeons and management, who have retained a meaningful ownership stake in the business. The post Sheridan Capital forms Ascend Plastic Surgery Partners appeared first on PE Hub.

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CNBC: Investing

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Nearly 30% of the S&P 500 is reporting earnings next week. The following stocks have a history of beating estimates.

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The New York Times: Banking

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The jump, from 13 percent, would bring a long period of “tight monetary conditions” in order to ease price pressures, the bank 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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The TRADE

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As part of a major scheme from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to develop the region as a global FX trading hub, several large banks over the last few years agreed to develop FX pricing and trading engines in Singapore, in partnership with MAS. The initiative saw major banks including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Northern Trust all set up shop in the region.

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Cisco: M&A

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Research from Cisco AppDynamics, The Age of Application Observability , tells us that teams have reached a tipping point as they look to tackle complexity and deal with fractured IT domains, tool… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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PE Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Clearlake, RedBird, Arctos and Blue Owl are among the PE firms investing in teams. The post NFL ownership rule changes will help PE firms score more deals appeared first on PE Hub.

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