Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 20, 2023

Posted by Matt Gorham, and Shawn Lonergann, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on Sunday, August 20, 2023 Editor's Note: Matt Gorham is a Managing Director and Shawn Lonergan is a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. This post is based on their PwC memorandum. The federal government on July 13 launched the implementation plan for its National Cybersecurity Strategy , just four months after releasing the strategy document — an unheard-of pace.

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Financial Times M&A

AUGUST 20, 2023

Federal Trade Commission joins Department of Justice antitrust division in scrutiny of ‘interlocking directorates’

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Appraisers Blog

AUGUST 20, 2023

In reply to Baggins. This proposal has merit, but it’s complicated. I would federally mandate that all states maintain a rotation panel for frt’s similar to the VA with allowances for complex to go to bids.

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Financial Times M&A

AUGUST 20, 2023

Capitalists’ tactics have changed since Andrew Carnegie’s day, but tensions over big business have not

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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

AUGUST 20, 2023

Perry's characterization of home valuations as race-based was disproved; socio-economic status, not racial bias, was the cause.

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Financial Times M&A

AUGUST 20, 2023

Saba Capital founder is working with Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman and Marc Lasry of Avenue Capital Group

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Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 20, 2023

On August 10, 2023, the Second Circuit handed down its highly anticipated decision in Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. [1] The court reversed the district court’s decision to certify a class action and remanded with instructions to decertify the class. The decision, described by Reuters as a “boon for securities class action defendants,” [2] discusses in detail how defendants may establish a “price impact” defense to class certification.

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Appraisers Blog

AUGUST 20, 2023

Real estate appraisers feel pressured to give inflated home values in order to avoid discrimination claims.

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Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 20, 2023

Institutional investors with long-term horizons, referred to as dedicated institutional investors, have a positive impact on corporate innovation. Studies (e.g., Gormley and Matsa, 2016; Jiang and Yuan, 2018; Kim, et al. 2019; Kedia et al., 2020) have consistently documented that these investors are more inclined to engage in shareholder activism and advocate for corporate strategies that foster innovation.

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Quantive

AUGUST 20, 2023

You may have run your business for 25 years or only 25 […]

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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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