IVSC

JUNE 12, 2023

Carla Nunes Managing Director, Kroll Carla Nunes is a managing director in the Office of Professional Practice (OPP) of Kroll, based in the Philadelphia office, and a Kroll Institute Fellow. She has over 25 years of experience. In her OPP role, she provides firm-wide technical guidance on a variety of valuation, financial reporting and tax issues. She is also the global leader of Kroll' Valuation Digital Solutions group, which produces the cost of capital thought leadership content and data hous

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday expanded its challenge to Microsoft's planned purchase of Activision Blizzard by asking a California federal court to block the merger while an in-house case plays out.

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Lighter Capital

JUNE 12, 2023

A good credit score provides more than just access to financial products. It touches every part of our daily lives. More than half of employers and more than a three-quarter of landlords check credit. Without a good credit score, everything costs more, from loans, to insurance to qualifying for a mortgage to buy property. Building credit is a catch 22 , access to financial products is required to build credit history but it is hard to get started without a good credit already. 11 Million Canadia

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Benzinga

JUNE 12, 2023

NaaS Technology Inc (NASDAQ: NAAS ) said subsidiary Dada Auto has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 89.999% of the issued and outstanding shares of Sinopower Holdings International Co Limited for an aggregate purchase price of $6.1 million. Sinopower is. Full story available on Benzinga.

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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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Rhythm Systems

JUNE 12, 2023

When you consider email, collaboration tools, project management apps, online meeting tools, file storage, and productivity tools like spreadsheets and word processing apps, it’s easy to build a long list of technology tools modern workers need, and that’s before we even get into any departmental or industry-specific apps.

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Technology 93

NYT M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

After a series of ethics, finance and diversity scandals, the embattled awards show will continue but the group that was behind it for decades will not.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

In reply to Baggins. The market flows and ebbs on many basis’s: Financial wherein the lender need to secure monies in R.E., for guaranteed returns, or in higher returns based construction monies, or on agriculture based on short terms. You get it! These flows are measurable from the MLS’s closing dates v offering dates. When these two figures are sorted, they represent stuff, which can be interpreted and verified as meaningful or not.

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Mckinsey and Company

JUNE 12, 2023

McKinsey surveyed more than 7,000 students in 17 countries to find out which elements of online higher education they value most.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

What the powers that be don’t seem to understand or care about, is that when the robots get it wrong it’s not an isolated individual incident, but rather that error snowballs throughout the market. In San Diego where inventory is very tight (had an MC form today with 51 sales / and ONE active listing), and sales are down considerably, the repeat use is very high.

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NYT M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

The company’s top boss, a real estate industry veteran, abruptly left in May after growing frustrated with SoftBank, its largest shareholder and lender.

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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

JUNE 12, 2023

In reply to LaydeeTee. Most are in agreement the premise is illogical. However, consider that every industry in this country had ‘limited diversity’ for a very long time. The appraisal industry has been frozen in time due to consistent application of excess regulation as lenders time and time again over many decades successfully passed blame for their behaviors, down to the independent appraiser vendor.

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NYT M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

The PGA Tour and LIV have been asked to provide documents and communications tied to the agreement announced last week.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

I may not, or ever, know as much as you do about appraising due to your experience Mr Miller. One thing that I do know is this letter is a joke and a jab at the profession. I seriously have to wonder how much you got paid to say what you said, to roll over on your back so the Fed’s have ammo to gut you, to gut this profession that I have enjoy for a meager 13 years.

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Appraisal 76

Law 360 M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

Counsel for an ex-Goldman Sachs banker accused of insider trading told a Manhattan federal jury on Monday that his client is being framed by an old friend and squash partner, who is lying about a scheme to trade on Goldman's secret deal information to save himself.

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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

JUNE 12, 2023

In reply to Judith Marlowe-haase. The fact that you chose to walk away 12 years ago places you within the ranks of the highly intelligent Judith. Congratulations on having both guts and brains. I saw it coming in 08 but held back on firing everyone for nearly a year (talk about regrets). I could have continued to work from home but walked away after 20 years out of sheer disgust.

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Appraisal 76

Law 360 M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

Investment bank Oppenheimer sued Hub Security in New York federal court on Monday, claiming the Israeli cybersecurity company has refused to pay $12 million in fees for services the bank provided related to Hub's recent merger with a special-purpose acquisition company.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

When you work with UWM Appraisal Direct. if a borrower pays $500 for an order, the entire fee goes to you. UWM doesn’t make $1 on the order.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz-led Nasdaq Inc. said Monday it has agreed to acquire software company Adenza from private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $10.5 billion, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP serving as legal adviser to Adenza and Thoma Bravo.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

While the borrower was charged $695 for the appraisal, the appraiser was only paid $301. The AMC fee was $394.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

Amgen and Horizon Therapeutics insisted that the Federal Trade Commission's challenge to their merger is undone by real-world market dynamics that make it impractical to bundle products that, as the agency alleges, will force customers to stick with a pair of drug monopolies.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

In reply to Jason Scott Kitchell. Their actions are indeed criminal (theft by deception on the largest scale in U.S. history). They are lying to the homeowner and the IRS by hiding their bloated charge under the disguise (hence the word deception) of the appraisal fee. If the HUD-1 disclosed the true appraisal fee appraisers would be able to charge far more for an appraisal.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

Company bylaws that direct shareholder disputes to Delaware got a closer look last week after the emergence of a circuit split. A slew of bench rulings moved litigation forward in cases about cryptocurrency and online gaming, and the state's highest court upheld Chancery Court rulings about Twitter, Tesla and AT&T.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

When you work with UWM Appraisal Direct. if a borrower pays $500 for an order, the entire fee goes to you. UWM doesn’t make $1 on the order.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

As the fraud case against Alex Murdaugh continues to play out, the evidence and narrative presented at his murder trial earlier this year may provide lessons for law firms on implementing robust internal controls that can detect and prevent similar kinds of fraud, say Travis Casner and Helga Zauner at Weaver and Tidwell.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

In reply to Retired Appraiser. RA, you seem very knowledgeable in these areas. I would love to get on board with a group of individuals really motivated to take serious action in order to salvage the appraisal profession. I have some extra time these days, but certainly not enough time to take on organizing a class action(s) alone. If you have any leads in this regard, let me know please.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

Most claims in a multicount class suit seeking damages from a take-public deal for special purpose acquisition company XL Fleet Holdings and its principals moved forward Friday after a Delaware Court of Chancery bench ruling that noted similarities to other recent SPAC disputes that survived dismissal.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

In reply to Spencer Paul. Ralphy is busy making $300 per appraisal and thinks he’s getting rich. He should be earning $700 to $1,200 per appraisal. I wouldn’t take comp photos and make a trip to the county records office for $300.

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Mckinsey and Company

JUNE 12, 2023

The former CEO and executive chairman of the pharmaceutical company offers candid reflections on how crises tested his commitment to values—both Merck’s and his own.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Don’t see how disclosing the appraisal fee on the completed appraisal report will solve the injustice being put on appraisers by AMCs. AMCs and lenders have all the cards to control appraisers.

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NYT M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

The stunning golf merger announced last week has raised many questions, and one big one is how will the Saudi wealth fund boss and the tour commissioner manage to work together?

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

In reply to Jason Scott Kitchell. I understand your explanation, but many borrowers don’t read the report in much detail and the $700 +/- paid can always be justified by the AMC as just a appraisal processing fee. I gave up doing AMC work 20 years ago, when it became very apparent that lenders and lender interest groups were moving toward controlling the entire appraisal process for mortgage lending.

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Financial Times M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

In reply to Raymond. It certainly won’t fix the AMC nightmare. I have been disclosing my fee on the report for many years. I believe some states are required to disclose the AMC fee as well. I believe having to disclose disclose the AMC’s fee might raise some eyebrows for the folks paying for the appraisals if they actually read the report.

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N Contracts

JUNE 12, 2023

It’s going to be a long, hot summer – but will financial institutions be feeling the heat when it comes to regulatory compliance?

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