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Boards: Stepping Up as Stewards of Sustainability

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Frederik Otto, Rachael De Renzy Channer, Ashley Summerfield, The Sustainability Board Report, on Sunday, November 20, 2022 Editor's Note: Frederik Otto is Founder and Business Advisor of The Sustainability Board Report (TSBR); Rachael De Renzy Channer is Global Head of Sustainability; and Ashley Summerfield is Leader, Global CEO and Board Consulting Practice at Egon Zehnder.

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Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random House Deal on the Verge of Collapse

NYT M&A

Penguin Random House’s agreement to buy Simon & Schuster is set to fall through. Simon & Schuster’s parent company decided not to extend it after a judge blocked the purchase.

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Do Favorable ESG Ratings Lead to More Socially Responsible Behavior?

Reynolds Holding

One of the hottest topics in the business world is ESG ratings, which are designed to measure the environmental, social, and governance risks of a company. The idea is that increased transparency about companies’ ESG risks will motivate those with a low scores to improve and at least match the performance of competitors with high scores. Yet research on whether these ratings actually work is surprisingly sparse.

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News Corp Investors Raise Concerns About Proposed Merger With Fox

NYT M&A

Concerned that a merger would undervalue News Corp, investors are asking a special committee of independent board members to look more skeptically at the proposal.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

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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Schedules K-2 and K-3 draft instructions for tax year 2022

LaPorte

(authored by RSM US LLP) Pass-through entities and partners alike should understand the compliance changes associated with the IRS's recent release of updated draft Schedules K-2 and K-3. The post Schedules K-2 and K-3 draft instructions for tax year 2022 first appeared on LaPorte.

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Do We Need a Culture Detox? How Audit Can Help Organisations Cultivate Healthy Cultures

Audit Board

Today, it is hard not to feel overwhelmed by events: Brexit, Covid, war in Europe, the death of a monarch, political turmoil, economic uncertainty, fuel insecurity, food insecurity, disrupted supply lines, freakish weather — the list goes on. . As auditors, we tend to focus on quantifiable business risks and overlook less tangible human dimensions. However, they are inextricably linked through culture.

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SEC Climate Rule-Making Update: Understanding the Obstacles to Finalization

Audit Board

“There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.” The band Buffalo Springfield sang these lyrics in 1967, but they still ring true today. Environmental, social, and governance, better known as ESG, has taken center stage in the world of business as companies around the globe report a variety of metrics touting their ESG performance. .

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PE Firm Astatine Targets £300M IPO For UK Investment Trust

Law 360 M&A

U.S. private equity firm Astatine Investment Partners plans to raise £300 million ($354 million) by floating investment trust AT85 in London, the U.K. company said on Monday.

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Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses the EU AI Liability Directive’s Impact on Artificial Intelligence Legal Risks

Reynolds Holding

On September 28, 2022, the European Commission released a proposal to change the legal landscape for companies developing and implementing artificial intelligence in EU Member States. This AI Liability Directive would require Member States to implement rules that would significantly lower evidentiary hurdles for victims injured by AI-related products or services to bring civil liability claims.

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Expected Return as a by-Product of Business Valuation Report

Equilest

Can a business valuation report help us estimate the rate of return we are expected to earn from the business? Let's discuss. Many believe that company valuation is only suitable for finding the company's value. They are sure that the value of a company should be estimated when someone wants to buy a company, sell a company, or divorce. 98% of Equitest customers purchased a subscription to the site for this very reason.

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Statement of Cash Flows vs. Cash Flow Statement

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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Proactive news headlines including Poseidon Nickel, Krakatoa Resources, Brookside Energy and Nova Minerals

Benzinga

Sydney, Nov. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Proactive, provider of real-time news and video interviews on growth companies listed in Australia, has covered the following companies: Poseidon Nickel Ltd ((ASX:POS, OTC: PSDNF ) has completed a positive bankable feasibility study (BFS) for the Black Swan Project in Western Australia, which the company says puts it on track to becoming Australia's next nickel sulphide concentrate producer.

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The Added Value of a Business Valuation Report with Altman's Z-Score

Equilest

What is Value without Altman's Z-score any It's essential to include it in a business valuation report. Tamir Levy, Ph.D., the Founder-CEO of Equitest, discusses. . When we hear about the value of a company, our immediate interpretation is to think of a stable, strong company that will survive for many years. History has proven that a high value means something other than a stable company.

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And a Time to Every Purpose Under. the Operating Agreement?

Farrel Fritz

King Solomon, to whom authorship of Ecclesiastes 3 traditionally is attributed, unlikely had in mind the life cycle of limited liability companies when he wrote, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven, A time to be born, and a time to die.”. It’s a bit of a stretch to suggest that King Solomon prophesied the standard for judicial dissolution of LLCs, but there it is: under New York’s judicially construed standard for involuntary dissolution under Sectio

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