JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The European Commission’s (“Commission”) substantially revised Market Definition Notice (“Revised Notice”) will make it significantly easier for it to allege that mergers and other transactions (“mergers”) are likely to “significantly impede effective competition.”.
Deal Lawyers
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Deciding whether a public company needs to disclose preliminary merger negotiations is always a challenging process, but the SEC recently announced an enforcement proceeding against a SPAC that serves as a reminder that getting that decision wrong can have a significant downside.
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JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
IN THIS FEBRUARY 2024 ISSUE - UNITED STATES - New Merger Guidelines Released - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) issued their updated Merger Guidelines on December 18, 2023. The new guidelines include several potential enforcement theories from the prior guidelines but also introduce new concepts not addressed in prior versions.
The New York Times: Banking
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
As their losses pile up, Chinese investors are losing confidence not only in the stock market but in the government’s ability to turn the economy around.
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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?
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
In June 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a proposed rule that would dramatically change, and increase the burden of, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (the “HSR Act”) pre-merger antitrust filings. Many observers expect these rules to become effective by summer of 2024. However, the exact nature of the final rules, and when they will become effective, remain uncertain.
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JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Chancellor Kathleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery grappled with this question in a recent derivative lawsuit challenging Tesla’s performance-based equity award with a potential USD55.8 billion maximum value and USD2.6bn grant date fair value to Tesla CEO Elon Musk (the “2018 Grant”).
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Berkshire requested that the Securities and Exchange Commission keep the details of one or more of its stock holdings confidential.
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Rising interest rates and stubbornly high inflation contributed to a subdued deals market in 2023. There was, however, no shortage of M&A highlights across the energy and infrastructure sectors, including the year’s two largest transactions. Originally published in IFLR, February 2024.
Cisco: M&A
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Cisco Live EMEA 2024 is now in the books—what an incredible four days! The atmosphere was alive with the anticipation of the innovation and opportunity that lies ahead of us.
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.
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
*This piece appears in PitchBook’s 2023 Annual US VC Valuations Report. We believe this is the wrong question—we view a reverse merger as "going public" during your cross-over round, rather than as an alternative to an IPO.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Higher-for-longer interest rates could squeeze margins and pressure capital levels in a sector still reeling from the March regional banking crisis last year.
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The European Commission (“Commission”) has unveiled its eagerly anticipated revision of the Market Definition Notice (the “Notice”), a landmark event since its original issuance in 1997. This significant update reflects the profound societal and technological transformations that have reshaped the marketplace over the last quarter-century, with a particular focus on the digital revolution's rapid acceleration.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Michael Burry, best known for calling the subprime mortgage crisis, added several new stocks in Q4, including Big Tech names Amazon and Alphabet.
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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.
Growth Business
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Litestream Ventures has revealed plans for an upcoming ‘click-to-invest’ TV series for startups and scaleups focusing on climate change and sustainability. The venture media firm is hoping the series, which is currently in development, will challenge the likes of Shark Tank and Dragons’ Den by championing innovators addressing the world’s most pressing challenges.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Dealmaking is expected to continue in 2024 as dwindling real estate in the Permian Basin puts pressure on companies to snatch what is up for grabs.
PE Hub
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Sapience was founded in 2009. The post Workforce analytics provider Sapience Analytics grabs investment from Kayne Anderson Growth Capital appeared first on PE Hub.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The hedge fund dumped several stocks entirely in the fourth quarter, while trimming some of its biggest holdings, including Alphabet, a filing to the SEC said.
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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.
PE Hub
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Petauri is a Nashville-based pharmaceutical services platform. The post Oak Hill-backed Petauri buys medical marketing agency Force Communications appeared first on PE Hub.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
These companies look best positioned to benefit as cyberattacks using artificial intelligence grow more sophisticated.
PE Hub
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
According to the terms of the deal, KKR and Cotiviti's existing backer Veritas will acquire equal ownership stakes in Cotiviti. The post KKR and Veritas Capital to recap health tech firm Cotiviti appeared first on PE Hub.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The hedge fund reduced exposure to several chip names, while opening a stake Cathie Wood's tech fund.
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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.
PE Hub
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
According to the terms of the agreement, Eversource will receive about $1.1 billion at the closing. The post GIP to acquire Eversource Energy’s 50 percent stake in two offshore wind projects appeared first on PE Hub.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The New York-based hedge fund exited its Alphabet stake, worth about $120 million, entirely in the fourth quarter.
PE Hub
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Foundation Source is a provider of cloud-based SaaS solutions and management services for private foundations. The post GTCR-backed Foundation Source snaps up charitable services software provider PG Calc appeared first on PE Hub.
Cisco: M&A
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
In the evolving landscape of technology, businesses are navigating through an increasingly complex environment.
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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.
PE Hub
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Joe Baratta founded Career Pathways in 2020. Since then, 50 of Blackstone's portfolio companies have welcomed more than 6,000 untapped talent hires. The post Blackstone aims to ‘disrupt historic hiring patterns and help our portfolio companies source quality talent from the widest possible pool’ appeared first on PE Hub.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The billionaire investor exited one AI darling amid a flurry of moves within the technology sector.
PE Hub
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Archibald Restaurants is a Lac Beauport, Quebec-based restaurant brand. The post Oaktree and JHR-backed Foodtastic buys Archibald Restaurants appeared first on PE Hub.
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