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The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - January 2024

JD Supra: Mergers

Illumina Agrees to Unwind Acquisition of Grail Following Fifth Circuit Decision. On December 15, 2023, the Fifth Circuit vacated the FTC’s order that Illumina unwind its acquisition of Grail—a developer of a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test.

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Be In Charge Of Your Career: Stop Kicking Tires In 2024, Act Instead!

H. Friedman Search

Do you want to be where you were at the end of 2023 at the conclusion of 2024? So many people decide to kick the tires at their current company but don’t do anything more than that for various reasons. In this blog, I want to examine the reason people do not move forward when they know they need to deep down in their hearts. It’s because people let their emotions overrule their business decisions.

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Infrastructure Financing: New Options and Incentives for Financing in Brazil

JD Supra: Mergers

New Law No. 14,801/2024 creates infrastructure debentures, changes rules for incentivized debentures and investment funds in the sector, including tax guidelines, and promotes incentives for raising funds through the issuance of debt securities abroad (bonds).

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Due Diligence: Addressing Labor Issues in a Changing Environment

Deal Lawyers

Organized labor has scored some impressive victories in the past year, and unions’ increasing leverage in collective bargaining and enhanced organizing efforts have complicated the labor due diligence picture for prospective buyers in M&A transaction. This excerpt from a recent LegalDive.

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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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New Merger Guidelines Unveiled, Broadening Scrutiny and Impact on Business Transactions

JD Supra: Mergers

On December 18, 2023, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (Agencies) issued the 2023 Merger Guidelines, which replace the Agencies’ 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and the 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines. The new Merger Guidelines greatly expand the types of mergers that are deemed harmful to competition and will likely result in more transactions being investigated and challenged by the Agencies.

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UK Competition and Markets Authority Publishes Provisional Roadmap for Digital Markets Regime

JD Supra: Mergers

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a roadmap on January 11, 2024 setting out its provisional approach for the implementation of Part 1 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC). The roadmap provides high-level principles as to how the CMA will implement the DMCC and enforce its newly established powers under the regime.

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JDE Peet’s enters into a long-term global licence agreement to manufacture, market and sell Caribou-branded consumer and foodservice coffee products

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

Press Release Amsterdam, 18 January 2024JDE Peet’s (EURONEXT: JDEP), the world’s leading pure-play coffee and tea company by revenue, today announced it.

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Chancery Denies Specific Performance in De-SPAC Transaction Based on Difficulty of Enforcement and Plaintiff’s Inequitable Conduct

JD Supra: Mergers

26 Capital Acquisition Corp. v. Tiger Resort Asia Ltd., CA No. 2023-0128-JTL (Del. Ch. September 7, 2023) - Even where the parties have contractually agreed that specific performance is the preferred remedy for a breach, the decision whether to award that relief nevertheless remains within the Court of Chancery's discretion.

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The early winner in the bitcoin ETF race has raked in $1 billion

CNBC: Investing

BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust looks to be an early winner among the bitcoin funds that were approved by regulators last week.

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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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Trial Balance

Wall Street Mojo

Trial Balance Meaning Trial Balance is the report of accounting in which ending balances of a different general ledger of the company are and is presented into the debit/credit column as per their balances, where debit amounts are listed on the debit column, and credit amounts are listed on the credit column. The total of both should be equal. You are free to use this image o your website, templates, etc, Please provide us with an attribution link How to Provide Attribution?

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Iceland Scrambles to Shelter Residents Made Homeless by Volcanic Eruption

The New York Times: Banking

In a country of fewer than 400,000, finding places for 3,700 residents is complicated by a tough housing market.

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Natural gas compression firm Service Compression inks investment from Warburg Pincus

PE Hub

Warburg Pincus' investment comes alongside a new credit facility led by J.P. Morgan and an additional capital raise led by existing and new shareholders. The post Natural gas compression firm Service Compression inks investment from Warburg Pincus appeared first on PE Hub.

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Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway could be headed for its next major breakout, according to the charts

CNBC: Investing

Berkshire isn't part of the Magnificent 7, but considering that the stock has been in an uptrend for the last few decades, maybe it deserves another look.

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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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What Is the Basel III Endgame, and Why Are Banks So Upset About It?

The New York Times: Banking

Federal regulators want to raise capital requirements for big banks. Their plan is drawing criticism from groups that aren’t normally aligned with the industry.

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Apple gets a big upgrade from Bank of America, which calls for more than 20% upside ahead

CNBC: Investing

Bank of America thinks Apple can recover from its slow 2024 start and notch big gains going forward.

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Arlington-backed Avenu snaps up court case management software Finvi SLG

PE Hub

Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Finvi SLG is a provider of court case management, collections workflow and integrated electronic payments software that services over 700 state and local jurisdictions. The post Arlington-backed Avenu snaps up court case management software Finvi SLG appeared first on PE Hub.

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JPMorgan says these renewable stocks will benefit most from selling clean energy tax credits

CNBC: Investing

Under the new system, companies can simply sell tax credits they are unable to use for cash to finance renewable projects.

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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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Cisco and Schneider Electric Are Creating Smarter, More Efficient Buildings

Cisco: M&A

Whether your organization owns commercial property, leases it, or manages it, you’re likely to be grappling with industry trends and challenges that call on your best efforts—and the innovative app… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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Clearlake exits building solutions firm Janus International Group

PE Hub

Clearlake acquired Janus in February 2018 in partnership with the founding management team. The post Clearlake exits building solutions firm Janus International Group appeared first on PE Hub.

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Cisco Secure Equipment Access wins “IoT Security Innovation of the Year” in the 2024 IoT Breakthrough Awards

Cisco: M&A

We are thrilled to announce that Cisco Secure Equipment Access was named “IoT Security Innovation of the Year” in the 2024 IoT Breakthrough Awards.

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Capstreet promotes Harrell to chief talent officer

PE Hub

Harrell joined Capstreet in January 2022 from Focus Search Partners, where he was a managing director. The post Capstreet promotes Harrell to chief talent officer appeared first on PE Hub.

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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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These are Morgan Stanley's top sustainable plays for 2024

CNBC: Investing

The investment bank compiled its best investing ideas that also have exposure to sustainability themes.

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CDPQ-backed Bouthillette Parizeau acquires M&R Engineering

PE Hub

M&R Engineering is a mechanical and electrical consulting engineering company based in Halifax. The post CDPQ-backed Bouthillette Parizeau acquires M&R Engineering appeared first on PE Hub.

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Here are the stock winners and losers if rates start moving higher again

CNBC: Investing

CNBC Pro screened for the stocks that are both likely to come above and get left behind as rates linger at elevated levels.

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Knox Lane acquires Guardian Fire Protection Services

PE Hub

Guardian’s existing shareholders, including CEO Scott Agge and the current leadership team, will reinvest alongside Knox Lane and continue to own a significant minority stake in the company going forward. The post Knox Lane acquires Guardian Fire Protection Services appeared first on PE Hub.

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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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Qlik Acquires Kyndi to Advance AI-Driven Business Outcomes

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

Acquisition Bolsters Qlik’s Ability to Deliver Comprehensive Answers from Structured and Unstructured Data Acquisition Bolsters Qlik’s Ability to Deliver Comprehensive Answers from Structured and Unstructured Data

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Bow River-backed One10 snaps up First Lorandus Global

PE Hub

First Lorandus Global is a Cambridge, Ontario-based provider of virtual, hybrid, incentive travel and face-to-face event solutions. The post Bow River-backed One10 snaps up First Lorandus Global appeared first on PE Hub.

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Thursday's analyst calls: Car rental stock gets upgraded, Citi gives up on Spirit Airlines

CNBC: Investing

Thursday's analyst calls featured an upgrade to a car rental stock and a big downgrade to an airline.

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