Norman Marks

APRIL 11, 2024

Multiple news organizations reported this month that the UK’s Lloyds Banking Group is going to make significant cuts in its risk management function. It’s shocking, but it’s the truth. Background: Lloyds is one of the largest banks in the UK with revenue of £28 billion and next income of just under £5 billion. It has […]

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Appraisers Blog

MAY 10, 2023

Great news! Now who’s going to stop the ridiculous appraisal modernization, stop these corrupt appraisal management companies? Now who’s going to stop the ridiculous appraisal modernization, stop these corrupt appraisal management companies? In reply to Jim. Holy smokes! Finally a little relief.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 9, 2023

Given the ubiquity, frequency and complexity of these threats, in March last year, the SEC proposed cybersecurity disclosure rules intended to help shareholders better understand cybersecurity risks and how companies are managing and responding to them. Currently, many public companies provide cybersecurity disclosure to investors.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 24, 2023

Foreign national directors possess unique informational advantages pertaining to their home countries, including language proficiency, cultural knowledge, institutional understanding, and social connections, while staying attuned to news and political developments. This post is based on their recent paper.

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NYT M&A

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Irenic Capital Management, which has a $150 million stake in News Corp, wants the company to split up its media and real estate listings businesses.

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National Law Review M&A

APRIL 27, 2023

Barnes Jurisdiction: All Federal Type of Law: Election Law / Legislative News Health Law & Managed Care Mergers & Acquisitions Gunter Carrie A. Hanger Candace S. Friel Chelsea K.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 17, 2023

Posted by Christine DiBartolo, Brent McGoldrick and Elly DiLeonardi, FTI Consulting, on Saturday, June 17, 2023 Editor's Note: Christine DiBartolo and Brent McGoldrick are Senior Managing Directors and Elly DiLeonardi is a Strategic Communications Advisor at FTI Consulting. This post is based on a FTI Consulting memorandum by Ms.

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Trout CPA

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Sheaffer, CPA , Senior Manager at Trout CPA What is an installment sale? The good news is that if you receive at least one payment after the tax year of the sale, then the gain will be recognized when you receive each payment, therefore allowing the business owner the option to defer the gain. Written by Evgenia V.

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The Guardian M&A

MAY 15, 2023

Digital publisher and owner of Vice News and Vice TV was once valued at $6bn but has agreed sale for $225m Vice, the once high-flying media startup that reached a peak valuation of nearly $6bn (£5bn), has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as the digital publisher engineers a cut-price sale to a group of lenders. Continue reading.

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Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

New York , Sept. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Proactive, provider of real-time news and video interviews on growth companies listed in the US and Canada, has covered the following companies: Facebook-owner Meta aims to cut costs by at least 10% within next few months - report click here.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 31, 2022

In September of 2016, news broke that employees at Wells Fargo had been moving customers’ funds into newly created fake accounts—without customer consent—in order to boost their sales figures. For outsiders, the aftermath was shocking; regulators fined Wells Fargo $3 billion and Wells Fargo fired 5,300 employees.

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Law 360 M&A

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

But in the world of the 24/7 news cycle, where any slip-up can instantly go viral, how do firms manage their prized reputations? Now more than ever, BigLaw firms depend on the strength of their brand to land clients, attract recruits and justify top-shelf hourly rates.

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National Law Review M&A

JULY 7, 2022

Waghela Jurisdiction: California Type of Law: Mergers & Acquisitions Health Law & Managed Care Election Law / Legislative News Corporate & Business Organizations McKinnon Christine M. Clements Reed Shankwiler Dhara B.

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National Law Review M&A

JULY 12, 2022

Keith Paul Bishop Jurisdiction: California Type of Law: Health Law & Managed Care Mergers & Acquisitions Corporate & Business Organizations Election Law / Legislative News

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

On Tuesday, Teva’s Chief Executive, Richard Francis , said the company would continue as a unified entity, managing the generics business and its branded drugs. Also Read: Why This Teva Pharmaceutical Analyst Is Turning Bullish On The Austedo Franchise.

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Benzinga

MAY 10, 2023

A group of investors, including Elliott Investment Management, Patient Square Capital, and Veritas Capital, is close to acquiring Syneos Health Inc (NASDAQ: SYNH ) for more than $7 billion, including debt. Bloomberg News first reported the news of the investment consortium's talks with Syneos.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Posted by Maria Castañón Moats, Paul DeNicola, and Leah Malone, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on Thursday, October 20, 2022 Editor's Note: Maria Castañón Moats is Leader, Paul DeNicola is Principal, and Leah Malone is Managing Director at the Governance Insights Center at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. This post is based on their PwC memorandum.

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Benchmark Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Established in 2016, award-winning Hydrogen is the largest social media agency in Scotland, specialising in social media management, B2B and B2C content creation, community management, paid advertising, research, and insights. PA Media Group has 20 shareholders, who are mainly UK news and media businesses.

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Benzinga

MAY 2, 2024

BROOKFIELD, NEWS, May 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Reinsurance ((NYSE, TSX: BNRE , BNRE.A)) and American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (NYSE: AEL ) ("AEL") today announced the completion of Brookfield Reinsurance's acquisition of AEL in a cash and stock transaction valued at $56.50 per AEL share.

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Appraisers Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s not like Pam Crowley went into witness protection after blowing the whistle on appraisal management companies in the lead up to HVCC or anything. That whole protest on wall street, yesterdays news. Of course they were. Reference; Appraisal Scoop. Mismo and ucdp came around, who needs report signing security anyways?

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apica , the leader in data management and active observability, today announced it has acquired telemetry data company Circonus. With this latest acquisition and new financing, Apica will continue providing a modern approach to observability data management for enterprise organizations.

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Benzinga

OCTOBER 18, 2022

asset management arm, dubbed Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM). The unit is expected to draw interest from private equity firms and other asset managers, said the source, who spoke anonymously to discuss private information. Bloomberg News Full story available on Benzinga.com.

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Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

These events include earnings announcements, changes in an executive or director, changes in auditor and the issuance of new debt or equity. The news can be good or bad, and firms often issue press releases explaining the event.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 6, 2022

In the meantime, Lynn Tilton's management of Stila Styles got a makeover, a delivery from Amazon got a winning review, and a unanimous Delaware Supreme Court ruling may finally spell an end to TransPerfect litigation. Here's your weekly wrap up of news from Delaware's Chancery Court.

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Appraiser Newsroom

AUGUST 31, 2023

Strategic Partnerships/Membership Development Myself , Patrick Vann , ASA Membership and Chapter Development Manager, and Mike Pratt , ASA Real Property Discipline Committee Chair, attended the 2023 IAAO Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, UT. Last, we’ll be heading to New Orleans October 1-3 for our 2023 ASA International Conference.

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Rhythm Systems

APRIL 25, 2022

If you’re a hiring manager at your organization, chances are that you have had a couple of new hires that haven’t worked out the way that you hoped, or as we call them - a mis-hire. The good news is that there are ways to systematically reduce the chances of this happening on your next hire. Read on.

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National Law Review M&A

JULY 8, 2022

Keith Paul Bishop Jurisdiction: California Type of Law: Health Law & Managed Care Mergers & Acquisitions Election Law / Legislative News

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Appraisers Blog

JULY 7, 2023

[link] As the nimwits managing GSE programs keep their heads in the sand while continuing to prop up real property price and value with their modernization tech wizardry. However, special insiders whom GSE managers grant first purchase opportunities to defaulted loans and other various special terms, their margins are increasing.

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Audit Board

JANUARY 25, 2023

When news broke of its bankruptcy filing and the missing billions of dollars, it wasn’t hard to spot the troubling similarities with the WorldCom, Enron, and Madoff scandals. It also reminds us that company leaders must be open to hearing bad news alongside the good. Those were seismic events with earth-shaking implications.

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Business Wire M&A

MARCH 14, 2023

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Following the Supervisory Board meeting held on March 8, 2023, Vivendi (Paris:VIV) today announces that it has received several offers for the sale of 100% of the shares of Editis. IMI), a subsidiary of Czech Media Invest founded by Daniel Kretinsky.

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Appraisers Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We live in a sea of fake news and propaganda, and so do our government officials. Usually we end up talking about how to manage that the entire time and never actually take the conversation all the way to talking about actual housing and price vs value considerations. Who’s still buying this?

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Business Wire M&A

MARCH 19, 2023

ZURICH & BASEL, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Article 53 of the SIX Exchange Regulation Listing Rules UBS (NYSE:UBS) (SWX:UBSN) plans to acquire Credit Suisse. It will further strengthen UBS’s position as the leading Swiss-based global wealth manager with more than USD 3.4

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Benzinga

OCTOBER 7, 2022

See Also: Tesla Shares Will Remain Under Pressure After Twitter-Deal News, Analyst Says — Unless Elon Musk Gives Clarity. Secondly, the fund manager noted that the trading window for selling shares has been closed for Musk until Tesla Inc. NASDAQ: TSLA ) reports its earnings on Oct.

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Benzinga

MARCH 26, 2023

The bank could potentially reach a deal to acquire SVB from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as soon as Sunday, according to Bloomberg News, which initially reported the development & also streamed live on YouTube by True Trading Group. With approximately $109 billion in assets and total deposits of $89.4

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 1, 2022

How does the possibility of being taken over affect the disclosure of information by the management of the target firm? In my recent article, I develop an analytical model to study the effect of takeovers on the voluntary disclosures made by the management of the target firm. The empirical evidence is mixed.

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

GSE managers these days are no longer in alignment with the mantra of this institutions original charter, they’re just doling out favors in order to partake in the revolving door system of acquiring more lucrative jobs at a later date. Try my brands; [link] Every weekday at 9am mst, Patriot Trading Group news hour.

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Benzinga

JUNE 28, 2023

Thomson Reuters is set to acquire Imagen, a digital content asset management company, for an undisclosed amount, aiming to expand its agency business to new customers, Reuters reports. Imagen will become a part of the Reuters News division. “Our belief is that our agency business needs to evolve to be a tech-enabled.

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