TechCrunch: M&A
MARCH 13, 2024
Zendesk has been trying to transform customer service since it launched in 2007, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the company sees the industry being altered in a big way by the rise of generative AI. On Wednesday, the company announced it intends to acquire Ultimate, a German customer automation startup. The companies […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 13, 2024
Have you ever wondered what it takes to navigate the labyrinth of venture capital and emerge as a true industry luminary? Join host Trevor as he takes us into the dynamic world of venture capital with industry titan Jason Caplain, Co-Founder and General Partner of Bull City Venture Partners. With a career spanning over twenty years, Jason's investments have catalyzed the success of renowned companies like Channel Advisor, Wedding Wire, Spiffy, and Spoonflower.
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TechCrunch: M&A
MARCH 13, 2024
Employee-focused mental health company Journey is acquiring Felt, a startup formerly known as Mine’d that specializes in matching individuals with therapists using artificial intelligence. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Journey, which offers a mental health employee assistance program used by organizations like Georgetown University and Regeneron, says the acquisition aligns with […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 13, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing to block the proposed $24.6 billion merger between supermarket giants Kroger and ACI, the parent company of Albertsons and Safeway, among other brands. The FTC has initiated two challenges to the merger on parallel tracks, filing a charge before the FTC’s administrative tribunal and a complaint in the U.S.
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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?
Deal Lawyers
MARCH 13, 2024
Receiving an HSR Second Request from the DOJ or FTC on a pending transaction has always been kind of a deflating experience. Even in the more M&A friendly environment of years past, a Second Request added a significant amount of work, expense, and uncertainty to the deal process.
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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive
MARCH 13, 2024
The House plans to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell the popular social media app.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 13, 2024
2023 saw another muted picture in terms of overall global fines for antitrust enforcement, with total penalties for the jurisdictions surveyed in our report down at USD2.9 billion, a moderate decrease from the 2022 totals (USD3.5bn) and a significant downtick from 2021’s bumper year of enforcement (USD11.3bn). Notably, traditional “heavy hitter” regulators in Europe and the U.S. reported marked decreases in fines for the second year in a row.
The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive
MARCH 13, 2024
The foreign ministry accused Washington of “resorting to hegemonic moves” ahead of House vote on a bill aimed at ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 13, 2024
Private equity investment in the health care sector continues to be a significant area of focus for the U.S. antitrust agencies. On March 5, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a public workshop to “examine the role of private equity investment in health care markets” (the FTC workshop). During the workshop, FTC Chair Lina Khan asserted her intent for the FTC to take action to protect the American public from “anticompetitive and unlawful tactics,” including targeting so-called.
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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive
MARCH 13, 2024
He was called a visionary in cable television, but his foray into the world of the internet, in a marriage with AOL, proved disastrous.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 13, 2024
Wells Fargo is throwing in the towel on Tesla as headwinds for the Elon Musk-led company mount.
The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions
MARCH 13, 2024
New legislation could thwart planned £600m purchase of media group by UAE-backed consortium The UK government plans to introduce legislation that would prevent foreign governments owning UK newspapers and magazines in a move that could scupper the planned £600m sale of the Telegraph to a UAE-backed consortium. RedBird IMI – a partnership between IMI, a fund backed by the UAE’s vice-president, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the US investment firm RedBird Capital Partners – is seeking to
The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive
MARCH 13, 2024
The risks have less to do with who owns the app than who writes the code and algorithms that make TikTok tick.
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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.
The New York Times: Banking
MARCH 13, 2024
Big-name investors such as Reid Hoffman and Michael Moritz are pulling back, creating room for a new generation of tech power brokers.
Cisco: M&A
MARCH 13, 2024
In my first of three posts about how businesses are leveraging Cisco solutions to simplify operations through a platform approach, I looked at the cloud operating model and how Cisco platforms,… Read more on Cisco Blogs
Mergers and Inquisitions
MARCH 13, 2024
Over the past few decades, growth equity (GE) has gone from an afterthought to a major asset class for huge investment firms. Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Others would counter that growth equity’s rapid ascent was mostly due to the easy money that persisted between 2008 and 2021.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 13, 2024
Let's analyze how to trade a drug stock that's made a terrific comeback and could have more upside from here. But there's a catch.
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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.
The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive
MARCH 13, 2024
A roughly $1 billion bid from the former CNN chief Jeff Zucker and his Emirati backers raised concerns among lawmakers over a storied conservative newspaper.
Cisco: M&A
MARCH 13, 2024
Good news, tech learners. The Pi Day Sale returns to the Cisco Learning Network Store this week! For 24 hours, starting March 14, 2024, at 8 a.m.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 13, 2024
Technology stocks have been driving the market's rally to record highs, but there are still a number of cheap names in the sector to take advantage of.
Cisco: M&A
MARCH 13, 2024
If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about what the Cisco Store Tech Lab looks like on the road, here’s your chance!
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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.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 13, 2024
Bank of America sees more upside for Vistra Corp. even after the power producer's rally this year.
Cisco: M&A
MARCH 13, 2024
Introduction In my previous blog post , we discussed the state of the union for shift left and and how many organizations are not implementing correctly. So what now?
The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive
MARCH 13, 2024
El proyecto de ley, que obligaría a la matriz china de TikTok a vender la popular aplicación de redes sociales, enfrenta un camino difícil en el Senado.
CNBC: Investing
MARCH 13, 2024
Two megacap stocks were in focus Wednesday after some major calls made by analysts.
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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.
The TRADE
MARCH 13, 2024
BTIG has made two key appointments including promoting Troy Donohue to head of Americas portfolio trading and hiring Henri Taylor as director within electronic trading sales. As part of his new role, Donohue will hold responsibility for expanding the firm’s portfolio trading and ETF offerings to provide custom solutions for institutional clients to implement their investment strategies.
Tyton Partners
MARCH 13, 2024
BOSTON, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tyton Partners, a strategy consulting and investment banking firm focused on the education sector, announces the release of Part 2 of their latest Choose to Learn K-12 initiative, The Open-minded K-12 Parent Journey and Barriers to Action. This 2024 Choose to Learn initiative assesses the breadth of preferences from 2,000+ parents for alternative education pathways beyond public school and the barriers these parents face.
The TRADE
MARCH 13, 2024
SIX Group’s exchanges business unit faced low trading volumes in 2023, offsetting what was an overall positive earnings year for the Group. In 2023, SIX recorded a decade-low in both trading volumes and volatilities – a trend which has been witnessed throughout Europe. The exchanges business unit generated operating income of $379 million, down 10% year-on-year (YoY).
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