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Some Things Change, Some Things Stay the Same: 2023 Investment Canada Act Thresholds Increase, Competition Act Thresholds Remain the Same

Deal Law Wire

The threshold for certain pre-closing net benefit reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have been updated for 2023. The threshold for an indirect acquisition of control is C$50 million in asset value ($5 million in certain instances).

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Market Resilience or Investors In Denial? A Mid-year Assessment for 2023!

Musings on Markets

I am just not good at it, and the first six months of 2023 illustrate why market timing is often the impossible dream, something that every investor aspires to be successful at, but very few succeed on a consistent basis. Markets, as is their wont, live to surprise, and the first six months of 2023 has wrong-footed the experts (again).

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Coty Divests 3.6% Stake In Wella Brand For $150M

Benzinga

stake in Wella for $150 million, reflecting a 4% premium to the book value of Wella as of March 31, 2023. Coty Inc (NYSE: COTY ) has entered into a binding letter of intent to sell a portion of its Wella beauty and hair care brand stake to investment firm IGF Wealth Management. Coty will sell a 3.6%

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Data Update 7 for 2023: Dividends, Buybacks and Cash Flows

Musings on Markets

This is the last of my data update posts for 2023, and in this one, I will focus on dividends and buybacks, perhaps the most most misunderstood and misplayed element of corporate finance. Data Update 2 for 2023: A Rocky year for Equities! Data Update 7 for 2023: Dividends, Buybacks and Cash Flows

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Data Update 5 for 2023: The Earnings Test

Musings on Markets

Finally, I look at the aggregated values across all companies on all three income measures, across all global companies, again broken down by sector: Collectively, global companies reported $16.9 billion in gross profit in the last twelve months leading into 2023, but operating income drops off to $6.4

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Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. Reports Results for First Quarter 2023; Declares 16 Cent Dividend

Benzinga

and 0.91%, Respectively, Excluding Non-Recurring Expenses First Quarter 2023 Loan Growth of $22.1 Non-performing Assets were 0.14% of Total Assets at March 31, 2023 Common Equity Tier 1 and Tangible Common Equity Ratio of 12.16% and 7.63%, Respectively, at March 31, 2023 1 LAKEVILLE, Conn., million, or 1.8% million, or $0.52

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Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

Musings on Markets

For example, I have seen it asserted that a stock that trades at less than book value is cheap or that a stock that trades at more than twenty times EBITDA is expensive. In January 2023, I ended up with 47,913 publicly traded firms in my sample , with the pie chart below providing a geographic breakdown.