Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Posted by Arnaud Cavé, Niamh O’Brien, and Andrea Hearon, FTI Consulting, on Sunday, September 29, 2024 Editor's Note: Arnaud Cavé and Andrea Hearon are Directors and Niamh O’Brien is a Senior Consultant at FTI Consulting. This post is based on their FTI memorandum. Overview AI is the hot topic of 2024. Companies see the opportunity to gain efficiency and drive growth through the adoption of AI, while not ignoring upcoming regulatory obligations and rising investor expectations.

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NYT M&A

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The companies are in talks to create one of the largest pay-TV providers in the country. In 2002, the U.S. government blocked a similar deal.

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The Guardian M&A

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

FTSE 100 firm turns down fourth offer from the Australian property company REA Group Business live – latest updates Rightmove has rejected a £6.2bn takeover offer from Rea Group, the Australian real estate firm backed by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. The UK property portal told the City on Monday morning that its board had turned down Rea’s fourth offer.

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NYT M&A

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The automaker, created by a 2021 merger, is dealing with labor unrest, slumping sales and a revolt from its dealers.

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Union’s opposition to Kroger’s $25bn purchase of Albertsons sparks doubts in local affiliate

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Hallmark Brokers

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The business world is complex, and this is especially true for those in the process of selling a business. Whether you’re an experienced entrepreneur or selling a business for the first time, the journey can present a significant number of challenges. One key factor that often adds complexity is the involvement of a lease agreement. Read more The post Key Considerations When Selling a Business with a Lease appeared first on Hallmark Brokers.

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Since the 1990s, regulatory reforms worldwide have significantly increased the independence of corporate boards. By 2023, nearly all of the top 50 equity markets had implemented minimum requirements for board or board committee independence. While extensive literature highlights the benefits to shareholders of board independence, its impact on non-shareholder stakeholders – whose interests frequently conflict with those of shareholders – remains less understood.

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The Treasury Department and the IRS have released long-awaited proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) on the 15% corporate minimum tax on the book income of certain large corporations (the “CAMT”), more than two years after the CAMT was created as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. [1] The Proposed Regulations demonstrate that the IRS and Treasury favor a complex approach to determining which taxpayers are within scope of the CAMT and in calculating CAMT liability.

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