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Joanna Oakey: Navigating Emotional Dynamics in M&A Deals

How2Exit

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Distressed sales likely to rise in Europe’s troubled real estate sector

JD Supra: Mergers

The European real estate sector is enduring a period of turbulence not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. Industry players are dealing with a confluence of stubbornly high interest rates, falling valuations, rising energy and construction costs, and increasingly expensive financing.

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Everyone’s Story Is Unique…Or Is It?

H. Friedman Search

Insight From A Recruiter…That Affects Your Hiring Managers Too. I have thought long and hard if I wanted to write this one. It’s one that has been circulating in my head over the last few months, but I have been hesitant to share this information for fear of offending anyone. However, weighing the concern of offending anyone with the ability to get one more person hired clearly outweighed my personal feelings.

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eBay to gain $2.2B from sales of its shares in classified biz Adevinta

TechCrunch: M&A

eBay is unloading its remaining shares in the online classified business Adevinta to private equity firms Permira and Blackstone for $2.2 billion in cash and 20% equity, it said. Adevinta had originally acquired eBay’s own classified business back in 2020, leaving eBay with $2.2 billion in cash and 540 million Adevinta shares. While the new deal […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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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The Case for an Integrated VDR in your Corporate Development Practice

Midaxo

Virtual data rooms (VDRs) are an invaluable tool for companies, investors and other entities to securely store and share the vast amounts of documentation involved in mergers and acquisitions corporate development. Typically used during the due diligence stage of a deal, VDRs offer many advantages, including enabling multiple people to access data simultaneously and securely; virtually eliminating the risk of documents being lost or accidentally destroyed; and disabling copying, printing and for

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Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Violations

The New York Times: Banking

Changpeng Zhao will pay a $50 million fine and step down as chief executive of the company he created, the latest blow to the crypto world since the implosion of FTX last year.

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Corp Fin Staff Offers New Guidance on Universal Proxy, Rule 14a-12 and Schedule 14A

Deal Lawyers

Yesterday, on TheCorporateCounsel.net blog, Dave shared that the Corp Fin Staff issued one revised and five new Proxy Rules and Schedule 14A Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations last Friday. In multiple blogs, Dave included the full text of the CDIs, grouped by topic.

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Music Licensing Giant BMI Sells to Private Equity Firm

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

Broadcast Music Inc., one of the major performing rights organizations in the United States, collected $1.57 billion and distributed $1.47 billion for its 2022 fiscal year.

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Fix-It-First: A Seismic Shift in US Antitrust Agency Approaches to Merger Remedies

JD Supra: Mergers

Under their current leadership, the U.S. federal antitrust agencies have shown antipathy to resolving merger investigations through remedy undertaking that are embodied in consent decrees, preferring instead to seek to prohibit transactions outright. This sea change in merger enforcement policy is leading merging parties increasingly to contemplate “fix-it-first” strategies, whereby the parties modify the proposed transaction to address antitrust concerns — typically by reaching an agreement.

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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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Sex Workers Have Been Shunned by Banks, Even When Their Work Is Legal

The New York Times: Banking

Financial service companies often avoid what they deem high-risk industries like adult entertainment. When workers lose their accounts, they are left with few options.

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Earnouts: Delaware Courts More Often Siding with Sellers

Deal Lawyers

This Fried Frank memo calls out a “new trend” in Delaware earnout decisions: Most earnout litigation has focused on whether the buyer has breached its general efforts obligations, or any specific covenants, with respect to its running of the business during the earnout period.

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This key element of ESG investing could drive real change at companies and boost returns

CNBC: Investing

As environment and board diversity initiatives have gained broad acceptance, some are now trying to clarify the case for the middle pillar of ESG.

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Recent FTC Merger Settlement Signals Increased Antitrust Agency Concerns about Coordination from Competitor Entanglements

JD Supra: Mergers

Key Takeaways - An FTC merger settlement in the $5.2 billion transaction between EQT and Quantum, two producers of natural gas in the Appalachian Basin, signals the antitrust agencies’ new approach to analyzing the potential for coordination by examining touchpoints between merging parties and competitors.

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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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Could Nikki Haley Really Beat Trump? Big Donors Are Daring to Dream.

The New York Times: Banking

Powerful players in the business world have gravitated toward Nikki Haley, aware that she remains an underdog but beginning to believe she has a chance.

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Jefferies to launch new multi-asset trading platform

The TRADE

Stratos Group – a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies – has today unveiled its new multi-asset trading platform, Tradu, set to launch in December. The aim of the platform is to streamline multi-asset trading, reducing the number of accounts and apps used across asset classes by “providing clients with an intuitive and advanced platform with a superior trading experience across each of the tradable markets, all from one portal that can be accessed via a mobile app and web platforms”.

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Warren Buffett makes big donation before Thanksgiving, assures shareholders Berkshire is built to last

CNBC: Investing

Warren Buffett donated more than $870 million in Berkshire Hathaway stock to four family foundations before Thanksgiving.

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Blakes Competitive Edge™: November 2023 Update

JD Supra: Mergers

Welcome to the November 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, including updates on enforcement activity by the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau), recent initiatives and key trends.

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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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Javier Milei vs. Sergio Massa in Argentina’s Election

The New York Times: Banking

On Sunday, voters will choose whether to elect a far-right libertarian, Javier Milei, or the center-left economy minister, Sergio Massa.

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Metaverse Market Size to Surpass USD 3409.29 Billion by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 69.2%

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

As per the report by Fortune Business Insights, the global Metaverse Market size is projected to reach USD 3,409.29 Billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 69.2% during the forecast period. As per the report by Fortune Business Insights, the global Metaverse Market size is projected to reach USD 3,409.29 Billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 69.2% during the forecast period.

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These unique assets are now a popular way to lock in yield. What to know about defined maturity ETFs

CNBC: Investing

Over the past two years, investors have piled into defined maturity ETFs, which provide diversity like traditional funds but also have maturities like a bond.

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MedTech 2023: Key takeaways from conversations on women’s health, antitrust, and AI

JD Supra: Mergers

AdvaMed recently hosted its annual MedTech Conference in Anaheim, California, at which Hogan Lovells lawyers and regulatory specialists convened with business leaders, scientists, investors, regulators, and others across the industry to discuss trends in medical devices, diagnostics, and digital technologies and the future of the industry. These trends included the growing importance of diversity in the medical technology industry, emerging technology focused on women’s health, mergers and.

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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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In Biden’s Climate Law, a Boon for Green Energy, and Wall Street

The New York Times: Banking

The law has effectively created a new marketplace that helps smaller companies gain access to funding, with banks taking a cut.

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SimCorp launches real-time performance solution through new Investment Analytics Platform

The TRADE

SimCorp has introduced a new cloud-native performance attribution solution as part of the inaugural offering from its new Investment Analytics Platform. The solution was developed to meet increasing demand for accurate performance analytics and offers investors the ability to calculate performance attribution in real-time. “In today’s complex and fast-paced investment landscape, real-time performance attribution can provide transparency and clarity regarding the drivers of financial

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A bearish options bet against this coffee stock showing some fatigue

CNBC: Investing

Identifying underperforming stocks is becoming a challenge, with the broader market approaching new highs. Starbucks (SBUX) looks like it could be an interesting stock to bet against.

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U.S. DOJ’s New Safe Harbor Policy: Conducting Enhanced M&A Due Diligence

JD Supra: Mergers

Last month, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced a new Safe Harbor Policy for voluntary self-disclosure (the “Policy”) made in connection with merger and acquisition activity.

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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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How to Keep Your Bank from Canceling All Your Accounts

The New York Times: Banking

Banks have suddenly shut down the accounts of scores of customers. Here’s how you can avoid becoming one of them.

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Primerica Reviews Holiday Budgeting Tips You Can’t Afford to Miss

Global Banking & Finance

Primerica Reviews Holiday Budgeting Tips You Can’t Afford to Miss The holidays are once again upon us, bringing with it the joy — and stress — of finding the perfect gift for that special someone.

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Here are the stocks — led by Microsoft — that matter most to hedge fund managers

CNBC: Investing

For investors seeking to follow the smart money, here are the stocks that mattered the most to these hedge fund managers.

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