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Will Cava Going Public Set the Table for Other IPOs?

Successful Acquisitions

Will Cava Going Public Set the Table for Other IPOs? By David Braun, Founder and CEO, Capstone Strategic When Washington DC based restaurant chain Cava became a publicly traded company recently, it bucked a trend that has lasted nearly two years, a notable absence of American IPOs.

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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning

TechCrunch: M&A

Content needs to be engaging and entertaining and you need to be recommended the right thing at the right time to keep you going. Barnes said that an IPO was part of the long-term plan but that “it’s not something we are targeting right now.” .” But there is still something missing in those takes, he continued.

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“Dumb Money” Review: A Worthy Addition to the Classic Finance Movie Roster?

Mergers and Inquisitions

There are some entertaining moments and good performances, so I wouldn’t call the movie “bad.” Everyone was locked up inside, and many turned to day trading for entertainment and money (in between binge-watching shows on streaming services). I wrote many articles about it. Remember when Chamath was on CNBC all the time ?

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Bernstein says this Chinese media platform can surge nearly 25%

CNBC: Investing

" Bernstein initiated research coverage of the Chinese online entertainment services provider with an outperform rating and a $28 per share price target. "In a world where short form videos and quality are variable at best, there is a place for a platform with refreshing content." BILI YTD mountain Bilibili stock in 2025.

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Best Stocks: The Amazon of South Korea that's regaining investor attention after four years in exile

CNBC: Investing

The company went public to a great deal of fanfare in March of 2021 during the IPO bubble. Risk management Josh here — CPNG, despite its rally this year, is still in a 40% drawdown from the '21 peak despite the fact that it is now a much bigger, more successful business than it was at the time of its IPO. Until now.

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Top 10 Cross-Border M&A Trends across the Pond

Cooley M&A

government shutdown disrupting the market for IPOs, Brexit uncertainty, natural disasters and various other crises, cross-border M&A activity momentum continues. In spite of a general environment of political and economic uncertainty and a daily sprinkling of stock market volatility, trade wars, sanctions, the U.S. Finally, with the U.K.

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Cooley’s 2022 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review

Cooley M&A

Although there were 104 initial public offerings of biotechnology companies in 2021 that raised nearly $15 billion in funds, 2022 saw only 22 such IPOs collectively raising less than $2 billion. Let’s dig in.

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