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Cracking The Code: Navigating VMware's License Shift

JD Supra: Mergers

In a historic announcement, Broadcom Inc. unveiled its ambitious plan to purchase VMware, a technology giant, in May 2022. However, in November 2023, Broadcom released a barrage of announcements regarding VMware licensing and its channel partners, which not only shook the tech sector but also put VMware's clients into a state of profound confusion and fear.

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Zscaler buys Avalor to bring more AI into its security tools

TechCrunch: M&A

Zscaler, a cloud security company with headquarters in San Jose, California, has acquired cybersecurity startup Avalor 26 months after its founding, reportedly for $310 million in cash and equity. In a press release announcing the news, Zscaler founder and CEO Jay Chaudhry said that the deal would expand Zscaler’s platform with capabilities including streamlined reporting of […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Navigating Business Success: Insights from Entrepreneur and M&A Expert Richard Tunnah

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b' E194: Navigating Business Success: Insights from Entrepreneur and M&A Expert Richard Tunnah - Watch Here rn rn About the Guest(s): rn Richard Tunnah is an experienced entrepreneur and mergers and acquisitions expert. With a diverse background in various industries, Richard has successfully built and sold multiple businesses throughout his career.

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Despite Trump’s Opposition to TikTok Ban, House Moves Ahead With Bill

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

With both parties eager to demonstrate a willingness to be tough on China, bipartisan legislation to force the Chinese owners of the platform to divest or face a ban was moving forward.

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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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[Audio] Hunting Outsized Returns with Jason Caplain of Bull City Venture Partners

JD Supra: Mergers

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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Anthony Lawson on Real Estate Entrepreneurship Through Assisted Living and Group Homes

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b' E193: Anthony Lawson on Real Estate Entrepreneurship Through Assisted Living and Group Homes - Watch Here rn rn About the Guest(s): rn Anthony Lawson is a real estate investor and entrepreneur specializing in buying and operating real estate-related businesses. He started his journey in the real estate world by purchasing his first property and turning it into a veteran housing facility.

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China’s Exports Surge Are Drawing a Global Backlash

The New York Times: Banking

Increasing overseas sales of manufactured goods are helping China’s economy and creating employment, but countries from Europe to South Asia may lose jobs.

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Challenge to Supermarket Merger Highlights FTC’s New Focus on Labor Markets

JD Supra: Mergers

On February 26, 2024, after a 16-month investigation, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued The Kroger Company and Albertsons Companies, Inc. in the U.S. District Court of Oregon to try to block their $24.6 billion merger.

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Zendesk adds flexible AI agent capabilities with Ultimate acquisition

TechCrunch: M&A

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.

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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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Jefferies analyst challenges Trump’s claim that Meta’s Facebook is ‘enemy of the people’

CNBC: Investing

Jefferies' Brent Thill sees Facebook as vital — despite President Donald Trump calling it an "enemy of the people" on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Monday.

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Major investment banks and asset managers partake in landmark blockchain pilot

The TRADE

Digital Asset’s blockchain network Canton has completed a pilot involving a large group of major investment banks and asset managers demonstrating interoperability of independent distributed ledger applications (dApps) in the capital markets domain. The blockchain pilot for tokenised real-world assets included 155 participants from 45 major organisations demonstrating settlement across 22 permissioned blockchains connected on Canton while “maintaining the controls demanded for regulated capital

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The Road Ahead for Private Equity: Reflections and Predictions

JD Supra: Mergers

The year 2023 will be remembered as a challenging one for private equity (PE), with complexities to navigate on many fronts. Traditional debt financing was expensive and scarce, expectations on valuations were tricky to navigate, portfolio companies required additional attention, fundraising was not easy and regulators continued to scale up their scrutiny of the industry and its transactions.

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Journey acquires mental health startup Felt to enhance its employee assistance program

TechCrunch: M&A

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.

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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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These cheap stocks will outperform in a pullback or a continued rally, says Evercore ISI

CNBC: Investing

Evercore ISI shared its latest list of 'emotional rescue' stocks, or names that could outperform in two distinct market backdrops going forward.

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People Moves Monday: BNY Mellon, BlackRock, Tourmaline Partners and more…

The TRADE

BNY Mellon made two key senior managing director hires into its fixed income and equity sales and trading businesses. Bianca Gould was appointed head of fixed income and equities EMEA, based in London. Gould joined BNY Mellon after three years at RBC Capital Markets where she previously served as co-head of equities electronic sales and trading. Elsewhere, Kathleen Kinsella joined BNY Mellon as head of US fixed income sales, based in New York.

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Antitrust & Competition Healthcare Year in Review 2023

JD Supra: Mergers

2023 saw a significant uptick in antitrust scrutiny and enforcement, particularly in the healthcare space. After much rhetoric and a setback in challenging state Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) laws, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought its first challenge to a private equity “roll-up” scheme and successfully blocked two mergers late in 2023.

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What to Know About the TikTok Ban Legislation

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

The House plans to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell the popular social media app.

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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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This options trade wins if inflation remains sticky, causing the Fed to further delay rate cuts

CNBC: Investing

Tuesday's CPI report shows slightly higher-than-expected inflation, suggesting that the Federal Reserve is likely to delay potential rate cuts.

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JP Morgan fined almost $350 million for reporting inadequacies across ‘billions of instances of trading activity’

The TRADE

JP Morgan Chase & Co has been issued with almost $350 million worth of fines and civil money penalties for inadequacies in its firm and client trade reporting program between 2014 and 2023. Issued on 14 March, the $98.2 million fine and $250 million civil money penalty have been served by the Federal Reserve Board and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), respectively.

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DOJ Official Cites Old West ‘WANTED’ Posters in Announcement of New Whistleblower Monetary Awards Program

JD Supra: Mergers

On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will test out a program to pay whistleblowers if they provide information on serious financial crimes and foreign and domestic corruption.

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China Condemns U.S. Proposal to Force the Sale of TikTok

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

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.

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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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Dollar General's brand is showing some cracks and may be a warning sign ahead of earnings

CNBC: Investing

The souring of consumer feelings about the brand is worth noting ahead of the dollar store's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report due out on Thursday.

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U.S. Approves $500 Million for Bahrain Oil Project, Despite Opposition

The New York Times: Banking

The financing faced criticism that it doesn’t mesh with U.S. commitments on climate change. Earlier, two climate advisers had resigned over the plan.

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FTC Suing to Block Albertsons/Kroger Merger

JD Supra: Mergers

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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Gerald M. Levin, Time Warner Chief in a Merger Debacle, Dies at 84

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

He was called a visionary in cable television, but his foray into the world of the internet, in a marriage with AOL, proved disastrous.

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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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Bitcoin hits new record high above $70,000; US investor ends Currys chase – business live

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as exchange-traded funds help biggest cryptocurrency rally Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of business, economics and financial markets. Bitcoin went through a deep “crypto winter” after hitting its previous heights, but after a remarkable rally it is now hitting new heights above $71,000.

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Celebrating International Women’s Day with… SGX Group’s Lily Chia

The TRADE

Having just marked International Women’s Day, how do you think women’s experiences within the finance industry have changed? How is the workplace advancing to support women’s specific needs? Women in the financial industry in Singapore have always held a significant role. According to a Deloitte study in 2021, women in the Singapore financial industry held 20.8% of C-suite roles and 24.5% of senior leadership roles, outperforming the Asia average, and 44.9% of managerial roles belo

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Ready for the Biotech Bounce Back in 2024?

JD Supra: Mergers

Heading into 2024, expectations for biotech venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investments were low following two lackluster years, but as we wrap up Q1, those expectations have been turned on their head after a strong start to the year. This leads us to question whether these early tailwinds are here to stay?