Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 4, 2024

Posted by Natalie Cooper, Bob Lamm, Deloitte LLP, and Randi Val Morrison, Society for Corporate Governance, on Saturday, May 4, 2024 Editor's Note: Natalie Cooper is Senior Manager at the Center for Board Effectiveness at Deloitte LLP; Bob Lamm is Independent Senior Advisor at the Center for Board Effectiveness at Deloitte LLP; and Randi Val Morrison is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at the Society for Corporate Governance.

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NYT M&A

MAY 4, 2024

The exclusive period for Paramount’s potential merger with Skydance expired without a deal, highlighting the long-debated question of whether exclusivity is a waste of time.

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Appraisers Blog

MAY 4, 2024

In reply to Mary Thompson Thompson. Yeah, I did just that once, not to be a butt but because those comps where mislabeled and where more appropriate than two of the comps I had.

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Peak Business Valuation

MAY 4, 2024

Are you thinking about selling equipment and wondering about an equipment appraisal for selling equipment? Various factors and goals influence the decision to sell equipment. Here are several reasons why businesses may choose to sell equipment: Upgrading or Replacement Outdated Equipment Diversification or Restructuring Financial Gain Downsizing or Consolidation End of Equipment Lifecycle Business Closure or Transition Shift in Market Demand How can an equipment appraisal help you in these situa

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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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Appraisers Blog

MAY 4, 2024

In reply to Dave Towne. Dave, Thank you for the kind words. Yes, the UCDP was used inappropriately at the outset and there are occasions where they still get abu… used. As to your other point… maybe I should have been more clear. It is the announcement that I don’t have much of a problem with… The supposed required training of UWs to be able to determine correctness of the ROV is of course a concern, but that is more than they are required to do now and they are the ones

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Financial Times M&A

MAY 4, 2024

Issa brothers and private equity firm TDR used property sale and leasebacks as well as borrowing against ground rents

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NYT M&A

MAY 4, 2024

The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s.

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Appraisers Blog

MAY 4, 2024

In reply to Spencer Paul. Appraiser who start out with a blank canvas (so to speak), with no asking price information provided to them, — obtaining data only by available visual information and records of the property and improvements itself, to work up the estimate and appropriate comps. This would force values to be individual and not by a preconceived $$ to be matched oor exceeded.

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Appraisers Blog

MAY 4, 2024

In reply to Mary Thompson Thompson. Exactly. However, the norm is the ROVI with sales that to be downward adjusted to prove the sales contract. This practice is not allowed either.

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Appraisers Blog

MAY 4, 2024

There should be no expectations whatsoever. Imagine if an appraiser entered an assignment with the expectation of a predetermined value? Of course, everyone else is insulated when throwing out a predetermined value that just happens to meet the number they need to make it “work” This is hypocrisy at the highest level and has no place in the industry.

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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

MAY 4, 2024

Upon thinking of this ROV situation further I have considered a way we can stop this insanity in its tracks. I am sure everyone has had situations where comps were provided and IF you used them it would actually reduce value, because all they did was look at sales price and did not think to look at square footage, renovations etc. So Next time you get a ROV use one or more of those comps provided and REDUCE your value and say hey thanks for the ROV I have chosen to use your comp/s and here is ne

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