Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Posted by Maria Castañón Moats, Paul DeNicola, and Catie Hall, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on Sunday, February 11, 2024 Editor's Note: Maria Castañón Moats is a Leader, Paul DeNicola is a Principal, and Catie Hall is a Director at the Governance Insights Center, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. This post is based on their PwC memorandum. Introduction A widely accepted notion is that corporate boards function like well-oiled machines.

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Mckinsey and Company

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Advances in generative AI have accelerated Australia’s automation opportunity. If implemented well, these technologies could improve Australia’s productivity—and the quality of life of its people.

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Financial Times M&A

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Acquisition would create one of the biggest producers in America’s booming Permian Basin

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Law 360 M&A

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Diamondback Energy Inc. said Monday it has agreed to buy Endeavor Energy Resources LP in a cash and stock deal valued at approximately $26 billion, inclusive of Endeavor's net debt, to create the premier independent operator in the Permian Basin.

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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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Financial Times M&A

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Novo Nordisk’s controlling shareholder plans to allocate up to $7bn a year by 2030

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Law 360 M&A

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

French digital music label Believe SA said Monday that it has been handed a €1.46 billion ($1.57 billion) offer by an investment consortium that includes its founder to take the company off the French stock exchange.

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Financial Times M&A

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Italian luxury group agrees deal to go private with LVMH-backed private equity firm L Catterton

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

On January 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral argument on a question that could have significant consequences for securities litigants: whether a failure to disclose information under Item 303 of Regulation S-K is, standing alone, an actionable omission under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. While it remains to be seen what the Court will ultimately decide, the Justices’ questions signaled a narrow ruling that would foreclose such liability.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The subscription streaming market, dominated by some of the world’s most innovative companies (Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and Google) is surprisingly homogenous: same products, same prices, same catalogs. At the same time, there are countless other music streaming startups that have “died on the vine,” as Rutgers professor Michael Carrier once wrote. Why is this?

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