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Low Carbon Mutual Funds

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Marco Ceccarelli (Vrije Universiteit), Stefano Ramelli (University of St. Gallen), and Alexander F. Wagner (University of Zurich), on Thursday, April 11, 2024 Editor's Note: Marco Ceccarelli is an Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit, Stefano Ramelli is an Assistant Professor at the University of St. Gallen, and Alexander F. Wagner is a Professor of Finance at the University of Zurich.

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How to find opportunity in a crisis: Launching a spinoff business

Mckinsey and Company

The CEO and cofounder of Drop discusses spinning off an adjacent business under a new brand during the COVID-19 pandemic while still scaling up the initial startup.

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AI Governance Appears on Corporate Radar

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Subodh Mishra, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., on Thursday, April 11, 2024 Editor's Note: Subodh Mishra is Global Head of Communications at ISS STOXX. This post is based on an ISS-Corporate memorandum by Veronica Nikitas. Key Takeaways Only about 15% of companies in the S&P 500 provide some disclosure in proxy statements about board oversight of AI.

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Embedded finance: The choices and trade-offs for US banks

Mckinsey and Company

No risk, no reward. Banks can design an embedded-finance offering based on their size, distribution footprint, customer base, and product portfolio.

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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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The Shareholder Activism of Anti-Discrimination Proponents

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Scott Shepard, Stefan Padfield, and Ethan Peck (The National Center for Public Policy Research), on Thursday, April 11, 2024 Editor's Note: Scott Shepard is General Counsel and Director, Stefan Padfield is Deputy Director, and Ethan Peck is an Associate of the Free Enterprise Project (FEP) at The National Center of Public Policy Research (NCPPR).

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Beyond the bus: Five key challenges in US student transportation

Mckinsey and Company

Getting K–12 students to school is a complex endeavor that requires significant investment and innovation. Stakeholders could face five key challenges within the next decade.

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Oil & Gas Roadblocks: Prices, Production, And People Holding Sway

Auto Dealer Valuation Insights

There are always going to be barriers to success in an industry. Barriers to entry, barriers to growth, barriers to profitability, and barriers to progress can lurk to name a few. The upstream industry has its share. For gas, its own oversupply and low prices are an issue. For oil, capital constraints are reining in investment.

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FTC 'Hopeful' Merger Judges Can See Past Market Definition

Law 360 M&A

The Federal Trade Commission's top antitrust enforcer emphasized Thursday that the FTC and Justice Department's new merger guidelines could facilitate transaction challenges based solely on "direct" competitive effects, regardless of what market definition numbers indicate.

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Comment on The Censorship of Appraisers by Retired Appraiser

Appraisers Blog

How.can you be held liable for anything when you are using terms dictated by another entity? I see this as a valid defense against most charges. Your Honor, I am not the sole person responsible for creating this report. I was forced to use words that were not of my choosing. Don’t fail to share your liability in a court of law with your “masters” appraisers.

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Why Confidentiality is Crucial When Selling Your Business

A Neumann & Associates

We hear the words confidential, secret, private, and non-public all the time in business settings. So much so, that often these important words just sort of blend into the background and their real meaning and intent is lost. Therefore, to appreciate why confidentiality is crucial when selling your business, we first need to start by looking at this magic word – CONFIDENTIAL.

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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 The Censorship of Appraisers by Spencer Paul

Appraisers Blog

Do not forget this directly impacts ROV requests because said requestors are not trained in the banned terminology and thus include much of the aforementioned in the ROV requests for consideration. I had one ROV that was laced with said terms to the point where there wasn’t a single sentence I could not copy and paste into an ROV addendum on my report.

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Beyond the bus: Five key challenges in US student transportation

Mckinsey and Company

Getting K–12 students to school is a complex endeavor that requires significant investment and innovation. Stakeholders could face five key challenges within the next decade.

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Comment on The Censorship of Appraisers by Anonymous

Appraisers Blog

I got red flagged for using the word “church” instead of “religious facility” I got flagged a 2nd time even though I substituted “religious facility” for “church” Why?

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Poundstretcher sold to Majestic Wine owner Fortress

The Guardian M&A

US investment firm snaps up UK discount retail chain ‘with huge potential’ for undisclosed sum Poundstretcher has been bought by the US investment firm Fortress, the owner of the Majestic Wine off-licence and Punch pubs group, for an undisclosed sum. The deal for the UK discount retail chain, which includes its 322 shops, of which about 60 trade under the name Bargain Buys, is the latest twist in the history of one of Britain’s first discounters, which has undergone a number of rescue deals.

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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 The Censorship of Appraisers by Bill Johnson

Appraisers Blog

In reply to Spencer Paul. Same goes for including agent comments from within the MLS listing. I got flagged for using the word close which was used by the agent as it relates to freeway access. Seek the truth.

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Brookfield in talks to buy majority stake in $22bn airline lender

Financial Times M&A

Castlelake’s aircraft leasing focus fits private capital industry’s interest in asset-backed debts

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Comment on The Censorship of Appraisers by Mark S. Davis

Appraisers Blog

You are a treasure, Jeremy. Thank you for exposing the ongoing communist “march through the institutions” in appraisal. It is a great service to the decreasing number of freedom-fighters in the USA and hopefully also a wake-up call to others who have “had a feeling something was wrong” but found it difficult to overcome a lifetime of programming to trust the “authorities” This look behind the curtain at the bureaucrats “regulating” the industry we

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The inequity method of accounting

Financial Times M&A

California family learns about private-equity hardball while selling supermarket chain

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Comment on The Censorship of Appraisers by Baggins

Appraisers Blog

In reply to Anonymous. These are constitutional violations. First person to challenge this outside of the GSE’s, will win. We’re talking SCOTUS preferred type of arguments here. Appraisers have standing to challenge this. Someone write the various legal firms whom represent pro bono for constitutional issues. Many have already written them, all this will take is more appraisers to be pro active.

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Grant Thornton retirees escalate revolt over private equity deal

Financial Times M&A

Former US partners hire lawyers in fight for bigger share of the proceeds from New Mountain deal

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Comment on The Censorship of Appraisers by Baggins

Appraisers Blog

Intimidating appraisers works, and works very well. An over 90% success rate so far. “good,” “bad,” “high,” “low,” “strong,” “weak,” “slow,” “rapid,” “crime,” “school district” “student,” “preferred,” “well-kept”, “desirable,” “place of worship,” “student” COME AND TAKE IT.

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Paramount Directors Exit As Skydance Merger Talks Continue: Report

Benzinga

Four Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA ) directors are set to depart the company as merger talks with Skydance Media proceed. What Happened : Dawn Ostroff, a former Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT ) executive, Nicole Seligman, an attorney and former president of Sony (NYSE: SONY ) Entertainment, Frederick Terrell, a veteran investment banking executive, and Rob Klieger, Redstone's longtime attorney, are expected to step down from the board in the coming weeks, reported the Wall Street Journa

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Comment on The Censorship of Appraisers by Pat

Appraisers Blog

White House officials are engaging in the censorship campaign as part of a federal valuation task force known as PAVE.

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Scrupulous Records and Legitimate Business Expenses Are The Key to Less Painful IRS Audits

Machen McChesney

If you operate a business, or you’re starting a new one, you know records of income and expenses need to be kept. Specifically, you should carefully record expenses to claim all the tax deductions to which you’re entitled. And you want to make sure you can defend the amounts reported on your tax returns in case you’re ever audited by the IRS.

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Comment on The Censorship of Appraisers by Jason Haroutunian on Facebook

Appraisers Blog

White House officials are engaging in the censorship campaign as part of a federal valuation task force known as PAVE.

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Small-Cap Firm Century Therapeutics' Expands into Autoimmune Diseases, Analyst Says Clade Therapeutics Acquisition Intriguing

Benzinga

Thursday, Century Therapeutics (NASDAQ: IPSC ) unveiled plans to expand clinical development for its lead program, CNTY-101, a CD19-targeting iNK cell therapy, into additional autoimmune disease indications. CNTY-101 is currently being evaluated in a clinical trial in B-cell malignancies (ELiPSE-1) as well as a planned trial in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (CALiPSO-1), which is on track to be initiated in the first half of 2024.

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Comment on The Censorship of Appraisers by Pat

Appraisers Blog

White House officials are engaging in the censorship campaign as part of a federal valuation task force known as PAVE.

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Vertex's Alpine Acquisition: Unpacking Analyst Predictions on Povetacicept's Potential Impact

Benzinga

On Wednesday, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX ) agreed to acquire Alpine Immune Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: ALPN ) for $65 per share or approximately $4.9 billion in cash. Evercore notes the deal as a surprise move as it is unusual for Vertex, which has often been critiqued for capital allocation, building up piles of cash amounting to $13.7 billion before the acquisition.

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Comment on The Censorship of Appraisers by Joy Smith on Facebook

Appraisers Blog

White House officials are engaging in the censorship campaign as part of a federal valuation task force known as PAVE.

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Sun Acquisitions Announces the Sale of Pacific Plus to Individual Buyer

Sun Acquisitions

Chicago, IL – March 28, 2024 – Sun Acquisitions, a leading mergers and acquisitions firm based in Chicago, is pleased to announce the successful sale of Pacific Plus, a dynamic company renowned for its innovative imaging and marketing solutions, to an individual buyer. Founded in 2002 by Joe Switzer (President), Barry Smith (VP), and Rose Beltran (CFO), Pacific Plus emerged as a response to the evolving landscape in commercial photography, video, editing, and post-production.

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KKR co-CEOs predict revival in global IPO and takeover activity

Financial Times M&A

Private equity pioneer looks to exit more investments as it pushes for goal of $1tn in assets

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Benchmark International Excels in Mergermarket’s Q1 2024 League Tables

Benchmark Report

Benchmark International is delighted to announce that it has ranked in Mergermarket’s league tables for the number of deals conducted in both Germany and the UK for Q1 2024.

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Overview of Minnesota Unemployment Tax Rate for 2024

Redpath

The 2024 Minnesota unemployment insurance tax rate determinations have now been sent out by the U.S. mail or can be found online in your correspondence tab when logged in on the MNUI System. In 2024, the first $42,000 of wages you pay to each employee is taxable for MN unemployment insurance. The base tax rate is 0.10% and can go up to a maximum of 8.90% based of your experience rate.

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Autonomy Became Less Transparent Before Sale, Jury Told

Law 360 M&A

An ex-market analyst testifying Thursday in a California criminal trial over claims that former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch duped HP into buying the British company for $11.7 billion told jurors that the company became less forthcoming about some of its accounting a couple of years before the sale.