NYT M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 17, 2025

Posted by Brad Goldberg, Alessandra Murata, and Michael Mencher, Cooley LLP, on Friday, January 17, 2025 Editor's Note: Brad Goldberg and Alessandra Murata are Partners, and Michael Mencher is a Special Counsel, at Cooley LLP. This post is based on their Cooley memorandum. The recent homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has put a spotlight on executive security and has prompted many companies to reassess how they are protecting their top executives.

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

In reply to Realist. Investors in Fannie, Freddie Should Consider Depth of Deception Realist, see Mr Bagotts article he just published today. Title above. He’s on X if you don’t subscribe to his news feed. Bargain basement prices is an understatement. Appraisers hopeful that volume and fair dealings will return under this system are dreaming.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 17, 2025

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, January 17, 2025 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of January 10-16, 2025 FinCEN Suspends Reporting Requirements as Circuits Grapple With Corporate Transparency Acts Constitutionality Posted by Shay Dvoretzky, Parker Rider-Longmaid, and Amy E.

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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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Mckinsey and Company

JANUARY 17, 2025

Companies that develop and implement effective management strategies for natural capital can secure lasting advantages through both enhanced resilience and access to nature-related opportunities.

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Peak Business Valuation

JANUARY 17, 2025

In the US, men’s and women’s clothing stores are lucrative businesses. According to IBIS World , in 2024, the clothing store industry generated about $94 billion in revenue. It can be exciting to invest in a popular industry. Nonetheless, when buying a business, understanding its fair market value is key. If you want to learn the value of a clothing store you are buying, it is best to receive a business valuation.

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Benzinga

JANUARY 17, 2025

The cannabis industry continues to evolve amidst regulatory challenges, expanding markets and innovative product launches. This week’s updates span U.S. federal reform delays, Florida's renewed push for legalization, international developments in Europe, corporate acquisitions and cutting-edge products reshaping the market. Politics And Policy DEA Hearing Postponed Amid Allegations Of Misconduct The federal process to reclassify cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Contr

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Mckinsey and Company

JANUARY 17, 2025

Daniel Yergin, a Pulitzer Prizewinning authority on energy, politics, and economics, discusses how rewriting the rules of globalization is making the world increasingly divided and perilous.

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Benzinga

JANUARY 17, 2025

Cloud computing platform designer ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW ) shares are trading higher on Friday. The company announced an agreement to acquire Cuein , a firm focused on AI-based conversation data analysis. Belmont, California-based Cuein was co-founded in 2021 by Mayukh Bhaowal and Vignesh Ganapathy. Cuein is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Webb Investment Network.

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Mckinsey and Company

JANUARY 17, 2025

Strategic focus and private sectorled lighthouse initiatives can change the Old Continents trajectoryif the public sector radically changes the investment environment with a handful of priority initiatives.

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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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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

In reply to Flash. I’d love to see the TILA and Settlement Statements of RE purchases without an appraisal (or PIW) to see if the borrower is charged an ‘appraisal fee’ I’d bet money they’re being charged a valuation/tech fee of some sort.

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Financial Times M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

Early discussions between the miners went nowhere but mega M&A deals are back in vogue

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Homeowners who now agree to accept an appraisal waiver instead of using an actual certified appraiser are now wondering if they will receive a copy of the appraisal? This is the grey area now is the lenders dont have to give a copy of the appraisal since the borrowers waived their right to full inspection appraisal. Yet there is a good chance a fee was added to the loan for an AI Valuation fee.

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Financial Times M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

Public markets today rarely offer bargains the Oracle of Omaha built his edifice some 60 years ago

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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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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

In reply to Baggins. The Impoverished begging for higher prices So correct, the DC Swamp rats are pressuring Appraisers to overvalue the Impoverished in the name of “equality” What happens to “affordable housing”?? You truly can’t have it both ways – unless you live inside your butt inside the DC beltline. Praying 2025 begins to DRAIN THIS SWAMP !

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

Blank-check company Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII began trading publicly on Friday after raising $175 million in its initial public offering, which will be used to merge with a company in the industrial technology or energy transition sectors.

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Regulators & industry stakeholders must act to ensure the appraisal process is transparent, fair, & serves the best interests of homebuyers.

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

Private equity firm Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe agreed to limit its involvement, entanglement and ownership rights with its portfolio company U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. to resolve allegations they engaged in a "roll-up" scheme to buy anesthesiology practices in Texas and drive up costs, the Federal Trade Commission said Friday.

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Auto Dealer Valuation Insights

JANUARY 17, 2025

Mercer Capital is pleased to announce three new promotions to kick off 2025. Heath A. Hamby, CFA has been promoted to Vice President, Kate Mabry has been promoted to Senior Financial Analyst, and Nikki McNeel has been promoted to Brand Manager. Matt Crow, CEO of Mercer Capital, remarked, “We are excited to recognize the continued development of these valued members of the team.

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

Skincare product company Crown Laboratories Inc. has offered to raise its all-cash bid to buy healthcare biotech company RevanceTherapeutics Inc. from$3.10 per share to $3.65 per share as it seeks to beat out a surprise bid from a Revance shareholder, according to a securities filing on Friday.

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Vested

JANUARY 17, 2025

A quick look at government-backed schemes for UK startups including Start Up Loans, Innovate UK Grants, business rates relief, Help to Grow, SEIS, and EIS.

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

Despite the Ninth Circuit's flawed reasoning in Heckman v. Live Nation, the exceptional allegations of collusive conduct shouldn't be read to restrict arbitration providers that have adopted good faith procedures to ensure that consumer mass arbitrations can be efficiently resolved on the merits, says Collin Vierra at Eimer Stahl.

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Financial Times M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

Reports of Rio-Glencore talks last year remind us that dreams of daring but unwise corporate mergers are a recurring theme

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

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Financial Times M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

TV and film group endures a rocky start to life as a listed group

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

U.S. Steel won't get an expedited look into communications between rival Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and the United Steelworkers to look for evidence of an alleged conspiracy to sabotage its $14.9 billion merger with Japan's Nippon Steel Corp., after a Pittsburgh federal judge deemed the request "premature" on Friday.

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John Jenkins

JANUARY 17, 2025

Last month, the FTC and DOJ announced that they were withdrawing their Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors.

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

In this week's Off The Bench, the betting fraud investigation with a former National Basketball Association player at the center produces another arrest, the Philadelphia 76ers pull out of one new arena agreement and sign up for another, and a champion fighter is accused of assaulting a woman at a basketball game.

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Benzinga

JANUARY 17, 2025

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Uniti Group Inc. (the "Company," "Uniti," or "we") (NASDAQ: UNIT ) today announced that Uniti Fiber ABS Issuer LLC and Uniti Fiber TRS Issuer LLC, limited-purpose, bankruptcy remote subsidiaries of Uniti (collectively, the "Issuers"), have priced their offering of $589,000,000 aggregate principal amount of secured fiber network revenue term notes, consisting of $426,000,000 5.9% Series 2025-1, Class A-2 term notes, $65,000,000 6.4% Series 2025

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Eli Lilly and Co. buys a precision breast cancer program, Applied Digital Corp. enters a financing agreement for its high-performance computing business, Clearwater Analytics buys Enfusion, and Lantheus Holdings Inc. buys Life Molecular Imaging Ltd.

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Benzinga

JANUARY 17, 2025

Represents Core Specialty's 18 th specialty business unit and a component of the Fronted Programs subsegment London Aviation Underwriters (LAU) to operate as a separately managed Division of Core Specialty, retaining the LAU brand and management team Jeff Sutton appointed as President of the new Aviation & Aerospace Division LAU produced $44mm of GAAP gross premiums written in 2024 CINCINNATI, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

Private equity-backed merger and acquisition values jumpednearly 25% year-over-year in 2024, whilePE-backed megadeals valued above $5 billion more than doubled, according to S&PGlobalMarket Intelligence.

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Benzinga

JANUARY 17, 2025

DALLAS, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blackboxstocks Inc. (NASDAQ: BLBX ), ("Blackbox" or the "Company"), a financial technology and social media hybrid platform offering real-time proprietary analytics for stock and options traders, announced today that on January 13, 2025 the Company and Evtec Aluminium Limited ("Evtec") mutually agreed to terminate the Share Exchange Agreement executed on December 12, 2023 and amended on July 1, 2024 which would have resulted in Evtec becoming a wholly ow

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

Investment management company 180 Degree Capital Inc. and alternative asset management and solutions business Mount Logan Capital Inc. on Friday announced plans to merge in an all-stock transaction built by five law firms with an estimated pro forma enterprise value of $139 million.

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