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JANUARY 25, 2024

Man has been and always will be a social animal. We like to be around people. The recluse of society is shunned, but the social ones are enamored. As 2024 has started, individual bond counsels and public finance bankers don’t want to make a move themselves. However, they would readily engage if they had a cohesive team move together. This is definitely a trend that I have seen increasing since we are at the tail end of the COVID experience.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

The latest edition of Davies’ Governance Insights is now available. In this issue, we explore 10 important trends that will help general counsel and boards navigate the year ahead. In order to help you with your strategic and compliance planning, we discuss issues including the re-emergence of shareholder activism, the continuing advance of artificial intelligence (AI), environmental disclosure obligations for public companies, new mandatory tax reporting rules and recent court decisions.

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Deal Lawyers

JANUARY 25, 2024

As Dave shared yesterday on TheCorporateCounsel.net, on Wednesday, the SEC, by a 3-to-2 vote, adopted final rules to address its concerns with SPACs. As with the proposed rules, Chair Gensler’s statement emphasized the goal of aligning “the protections investors receive when investing in SPACs with those provided to them when investing in traditional IPOs.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

Looking back on the year 2023, this alert aims to give an update on the state of play in Chinese merger control. In particular, it looks at how merger control has evolved since China’s main antitrust statute – the Anti-Monopoly Law – was amended for the first time in summer 2022. We will look at the string of important decisions by China’s antitrust regulator adopted over the past few months, as well as new or planned AML implementing rules in the merger control field.

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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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CNBC: Investing

JANUARY 25, 2024

The analyst told clients that Tesla's botched earnings call has shaken Wedbush's near-term confidence in the company's story.

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CNBC: Investing

JANUARY 25, 2024

Berkshire shares just reached to an all-time high, and one analyst thinks the conglomerate's stock is still attractively priced and sees double digit upside.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

On January 24, 2024, nearly two years after the SEC initially proposed industry-chilling rules overhauling the treatment of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) in their IPOs and de-SPAC transactions, the SEC adopted final rules.

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PE Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

UTV Canada is a Leduc, Alberta-based distributor and retailer of all-terrain vehicles and utility task vehicles parts and accessories. The post KV Capital acquires UTV Canada to merge with MSD appeared first on PE Hub.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

​In a venture capital deal, a liquidation preference refers to the payout investors receive in a liquidation event (like a sale or merger) prior to any payments made to the common stockholders. Venture capital investors almost always receive preferred stock, which comes with various negotiated rights and preferences, including a liquidation preference. ​.

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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 New York Times: Banking

JANUARY 25, 2024

A change in perception among investors about China and Japan is one of the biggest themes in the markets right now.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

It is one of the hardest questions a company can face: after discovering criminal conduct inside your company, do you self-report to the government or not? The reality is that when faced with the question of self-reporting, most companies generally believe it would be unwise to voluntarily self-report criminal conduct. Recent statements by senior Department of Justice (“DOJ”) officials, however, strongly suggest that significant policy changes are afoot in the mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JANUARY 25, 2024

Corbion and Kingswood Capital Management announce agreement in divestiture of emulsifiers business Corbion, a leading global ingredient solutions.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act thresholds that govern which mergers & acquisitions must be reported to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will increase slightly more than 7% in February 2024.

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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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PE Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

TA Associates has also sold its minority interest in Procare as part of the transaction. The post Warburg Pincus to sell child care management software firm Procare to Roper Technologies for $1.86bn appeared first on PE Hub.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

For the first SPAC Notebook of 2024, I was pleased to speak once again with Doug Ellenoff, the founder of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole and someone who has been at the forefront of the SPAC market since its inception. In addition to evaluating SPAC activity in 2023, we looked at what to expect for this year.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JANUARY 25, 2024

There is a rising demand for Lithium-iron Phosphate (LFP) over other batteries owing to its superior characteristics, which is driving the lithium-iron phosphate battery market revenue growth There is a rising demand for Lithium-iron Phosphate (LFP) over other batteries owing to its superior characteristics, which is driving the lithium-iron phosphate battery market revenue growth

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

January is the time of the year for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to announce the annual changes to several statutory thresholds, including those relating to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act notification thresholds and filing fee thresholds, interlocking directorates, and civil monetary penalties. The FTC approved all the changes by a vote of 3-0 and published notices in the Federal Register.

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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.

Architecture

PE Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

Headquartered in Carpinteria, California, NativeSeed is a provider of native seeds and erosion control products. The post Heartwood-backed NativeSeed Group snaps up Star Seed appeared first on PE Hub.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

On 22 January 2024, the FRC published a revised edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code). This follows on from the consultation on several important changes to the Code that it launched in May 2023 (see our briefing on that here) and its announcement in November 2023 of a major scaling back of those proposed changes (see our briefing on that here) following the Government's decision to withdraw the implementation of the new statutory corporate reporting reforms that it had proposed

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CNBC: Investing

JANUARY 25, 2024

A 'change in animal spirits' has foreign investors the most bullish they've been on Japan in a generation.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

The FTC revises the jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds annually based on the change in gross national product. The FTC also revises filing fees annually based on changes to the consumer price index under Division GG of the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act.

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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.

Business

PE Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

STN Video is a Victoria, British Columbia-based sports content distribution company operating across North America. The post Minute Media acquires CBGF and Frontier-backed STN Video appeared first on PE Hub.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has revised the thresholds that govern pre-merger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”), and Section 8 of the Clayton Act governing “interlocking directorates.”.

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PE Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

The investment will be used to support the OneroRx's acquisition strategy and future growth. The post Cyprium invests in pharmacy services provider OneroRx Inc appeared first on PE Hub.

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CNBC: Investing

JANUARY 25, 2024

Sometimes when things are moving fast, we need to slow down and wait. Such may be the case with Tesla shares.

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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.

Securities

PE Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

Keel was formed through the merger of Arlington portfolio companies Pegasus Steel, Metal Trades and Merrill Technologies Group. The post Arlington forms new manufacturer Keel Holdings appeared first on PE Hub.

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Cisco: M&A

JANUARY 25, 2024

I often hear in today’s cybersecurity landscape are “intricate,” “daunting,” and “complex.

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PE Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

Modular Devices is an Indianapolis-based provider of mobile and modular cleanroom solutions and medical imaging equipment labs. The post O2-backed Modular Devices backs Flow Cleanrooms and Technical Air Products appeared first on PE Hub.

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