Mon.Nov 25, 2024

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Business Valuation for Buying a Daycare Business

Peak Business Valuation

As the number of working parents increases, daycares have become high in demand. Because of this, the daycare industry is an appealing choice for many buyers. But before buying, knowing a daycare’s value is essential. A valuation for buying a daycare helps you understand the fair market value and lays out the next steps for success. Peak Business Valuation , a trusted business appraiser, values daycare businesses across the United States.

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Small but mighty: Priming biotech first-time launchers to compete with established players

Mckinsey and Company

Biotechs making their commercial debut can improve their launch success rate and overall financial performance by learning from successful first-time launchers.

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Nissan seeks anchor investor to help it through make-or-break 12 months

Financial Times M&A

Carmaker looks for steady shareholder as longtime partner Renault sells down its holding

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Vince Tizzio on resilience and responsible leadership

Mckinsey and Company

Vince Tizzio, president and CEO of AXIS, shares how he has helped the company evolve while keeping customers, employees, and stakeholders in mind.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Blackstone strikes $3.5bn financing deal with energy group EQT

Financial Times M&A

Joint venture for pipeline stakes is latest example of companies using private capital firms for balance sheet relief

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What McKinsey learned while creating its generative AI platform

Mckinsey and Company

To corral its vast amount of knowledge and drive new levels of productivity, the firm embarked on a journey to develop its generative AI platform, “Lilli.

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by Hou

Appraisers Blog

Accurate Group appears to have manipulated the appraisal assignment process, favoring the lowest bidders over the appraisers best qualified.

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Starbucks has been outclassed by local rivals in China

Financial Times M&A

Coffee giant would benefit from a helping hand from a local partner

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by Pat

Appraisers Blog

Accurate Group appears to have manipulated the appraisal assignment process, favoring the lowest bidders over the appraisers best qualified.

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The future cement industry: A cementitious ‘golden age’?

Mckinsey and Company

If the cement industry can accelerate adoption of supplementary cementitious materials, it could fuel decarbonization efforts while unlocking a new horizon of value creation.

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Statement of Cash Flows vs. Cash Flow Statement

Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker

The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by Shawn Vanderhart on Facebook

Appraisers Blog

That’s all most AMC’s care about cheapest fee ! Regardless of the appraisers expertise and experience! This needs to be fixed !!!!

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UniCredit’s Orcel is just working the angles on European bank mergers

Financial Times M&A

Lowball offer for BPM is unlikely to succeed but gives UniCredit’s chief room for manoeuvre

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by John Ford

Appraisers Blog

In reply to Joseph. Joseph, I agree with you. I did the same thing in Missouri for years. I would see a broadcast request from Rocket Mortgage and I would ignore it. Two weeks later they would call me and see if I would do it for them. I covered 9 rural counties for the VA and after 40 years in the trucking industry I had no problem driving a distance.

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UniCredit’s journey from foreign predator to domestic consolidator

Financial Times M&A

Two months ago Andrea Orcel swooped on Germany’s Commerzbank.

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Mastering Intent Data: Understanding its Importance & Best Practices

Speaker: Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union

In this webinar, Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union and business strategist, will take you through the ABCs of intent data. You'll learn how to effectively use it to drive business results, with practical tips on how to leverage both company and contact intent data to maximize your marketing efforts. Whether you're a seasoned marketer or just getting started, this webinar is a must-attend for anyone looking to stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by D B J

Appraisers Blog

These practices have been going on for years. This is nothing new and is the direct result of Dodd-Frank. There is only one acceptable resolution, eliminate AMC’s and retool the process of ordering appraisals. The VA platform is a perfect model for this redesign.

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Blackstone pours more than €500mn into southern European hotels

Financial Times M&A

World’s largest real estate investor wants to capitalise on post-pandemic travel boom

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by DBJ

Appraisers Blog

Accurate Group appears to have manipulated the appraisal assignment process, favoring the lowest bidders over the appraisers best qualified.

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Anglo American sells remaining coal assets for $3.8bn in first stage of restructuring

Financial Times M&A

London-listed miner is slimming down to concentrate on copper, iron ore and fertilisers

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by Chase Pursley

Appraisers Blog

Accurate Group appears to have manipulated the appraisal assignment process, favoring the lowest bidders over the appraisers best qualified.

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Sidley-Steered Roche To Buy Biopharma Biz For Up To $1.5B

Law 360 M&A

Swiss multinational Roche said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Poseida Therapeutics, a U.S. genetic engineering company, for up to $1.5 billion in cash to bolster the healthcare giant's range of blood cancer therapies.

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by Janet Sue

Appraisers Blog

Accurate Group appears to have manipulated the appraisal assignment process, favoring the lowest bidders over the appraisers best qualified.

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Judge Eyes Dec. Hearing To Sort Out Onion's Bid For Infowars

Law 360 M&A

A Texas judge asked the Chapter 7 trustee in right-wing fabulist Alex Jones' bankruptcy to preserve the status quo until a sale hearing sometime in December that will determine whether the parent company of satirical news publisher The Onion was correctly chosen as the winning bidder in the auction for Jones' Infowars program.

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by Hou

Appraisers Blog

Accurate Group appears to have manipulated the appraisal assignment process, favoring the lowest bidders over the appraisers best qualified.

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Greenberg Traurig Grows In Middle East With 2 From Clyde

Law 360 M&A

Greenberg Traurig LLP said Monday that it is expanding its coverage in the Middle East with the addition of an international arbitration and litigation lawyer as well as a corporate lawyer with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, who were both hired away from Clyde & Co. LLP.

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by Pat

Appraisers Blog

Accurate Group appears to have manipulated the appraisal assignment process, favoring the lowest bidders over the appraisers best qualified.

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Microsoft-Activision Atty Snubs $15M Class Fee In Del. Suit

Law 360 M&A

An attorney for Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. on Monday downplayed the benefits from an ongoing stockholder suit seeking $15 million for mid-case fixes to the two companies' $68.7 billion merger, saying the action's modest advantages should be weighed more as disclosure matters than a deal rescue.

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Comment on Accurate Group’s Appraiser Selection Practices Expose Troubling Industry Tactics by Claire B

Appraisers Blog

I have bid on several of their jobs, and was well qualified. I have never received one acceptance. I will not bid less than what I made 20 years ago.

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Lampert, Sears Stockholders Set Appraisal Share Faceoff

Law 360 M&A

Delaware's Court of Chancery has teed up an argument on how to handle class member claims of former Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. stockholders whose share appraisal demand was torpedoed by the company's bankruptcy in 2022.

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Comment on ARCC Discussion Exposes GSEs Agenda to Reduce Appraisal “Friction” by Honest Appraiser

Appraisers Blog

In 2007 they were raising the education requirements nationwide because too many Appraisers were entering the profession. Dudd-Fwank handed the AMC’s a golden ticket to steal our business without disclosure to the client and here we are. Remind me what is the role of an AMC ?? Why are they needed ?? Hopefully DOGE will get this on their list before we all starve.

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FTC's Antitrust Case Against Meta Gets April Trial Date

Law 360 M&A

A D.C. federal court has set an April 14 trial date for the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case accusing Meta of monopolizing personal social networking through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

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How MBAs Are Shaping the Future of Entrepreneurship

Financial Analyst Insider

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) has long been regarded as a traditional pathway for aspiring business leaders, providing essential skills in management, finance, and The post How MBAs Are Shaping the Future of Entrepreneurship appeared first on Financial Analyst Insider.

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Spirit's Cayman Units To Hit Ch. 11 As Airline Eyes Swift Reorg

Law 360 M&A

Four Spirit Airlines subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands were expected to file for bankruptcy protection Monday and ask a New York federal court to join the company's main Chapter 11 case, a move that Spirit says will help keep the debtor on course to confirm a reorganization plan.

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ONEOK Bolsters Portfolio With EnLink Acquisition, $4.3 Billion Deal Unveiled

Benzinga

EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC ) shares traded higher premarket on Monday after it disclosed a merger deal with ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE ) for $4.3 billion. As per the deal, each EnLink common unit not owned by ONEOK will be exchanged for 0.1412 shares of ONEOK stock. This exchange ratio reflects EnLink’s closing price of $15.75 on November 22, 2024, divided by ONEOK’s 10-day volume-weighted average price (VWAP).

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Judge Bemoans 'Chaotic' Contracts In Jack Nicklaus IP Case

Law 360 M&A

The New York state judge presiding over golf legend Jack Nicklaus' intellectual property lawsuit on Monday signaled he may not be able to untangle a set of contradictory contracts, which could lead to a trial over who can use the "Golden Bear's" name and likeness.

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