Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Posted by Maria Castañón Moats and Shannon Schuyler, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on Friday, September 23, 2022 Editor's Note: Maria Moats is Leader of the Governance Insights Center, and Shannon Schuyler is Chief Purpose and Inclusion Officer at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. This post is based on their PwC memorandum. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Politics and Gender in the Executive Suite (discussed on the Forum here ) by Alma Cohen, Moshe Hazan, and David Wei

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Every company must establish its own best practices for managing its data. Here are five pitfalls to avoid based on our conversations with experts and early adopters.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, September 23, 2022 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of September 16-22, 2022. CEO Political Leanings and Store-Level Economic Activity during COVID-19 Crisis: Effects on Shareholder Value and Public Health. Posted by John Bizjak (Texas Christian University), on Friday, September 16, 2022.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The Great Attrition continues, but if companies understand the differences among five common employee personas, they may be able to find and retain talent more effectively.

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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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Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen McCormick , who is overseeing the lawsuit between Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR ) and Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA ) CEO Elon Musk on Thursday ruled that the billionaire can amend his countersuit to include the $7.8 million severance payment the social media company paid to whistleblower Peiter Zatko. This is considered a small victory for Musk, as Twitter went ahead and made the payment on June 28, violating the terms of the contract it signed with.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In the world of mergers and acquisitions, the word "definitive" isn't always, well, definitive. Deals can fall apart for an array of reasons, even in the best of times. But currently, a confluence of economic, geopolitical and regulatory factors is leading some market players to rethink things.

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Avanade

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Learn how collaborative apps can help you make the most of your existing technology investments to achieve higher productivity, reduced costs and extraordinary ROI.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Studying how one North American transmission and distribution utility’s implementation of advanced analytics in asset management can help other organizations embark on similar journeys.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The Delaware Chancery Court on Friday refused Tesla CEO Elon Musk's request for a "blanket" waiver of the attorney-client privilege Twitter Inc. has cited in refusing to hand over documents in litigation over Musk's attempt to get out of his $44 billion offer to buy the company.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A new report by the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping in collaboration with McKinsey lays out a blueprint to assess the feasibility of green corridors.

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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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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The U.S. House of Representatives' recently passed National Defense Authorization Act subjects lawyers engaged in certain financial-related activities to anti-money laundering regulation under the Bank Secrecy Act, which could pit lawyers against clients in ways harmful to the rule of law and administration of justice, says Jeremy Glicksman at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office in New York.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The authors look at which types of technologies pursued by nontraditional defense contractors have received funding through US Department of Defense Other Transaction Authorities.

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Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Pune, India, Sept. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fortune Business Insights has published latest forecast for Energy Management System Market in their report titled, " Energy Management System Market Forecast, 2022-2029". As per the report, the global market size was USD 24.73 billion in 2021. The global Energy Management System Market size is projected to grow from USD 27.31 billion in 2022 to USD 60.54 billion in 2029 at a CAGR of 12.0% in the forecast period, 2022-2029.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Consumer companies must ensure people throughout the company have the capabilities to drive their RGM strategy and react to market shifts.

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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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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A flurry of buyers from across the Channel will be joined by dollar-rich US rivals

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Leaders of agile centers of excellence came together to discuss key success factors for going agile and their conviction that doing so is the best way to safeguard the future of companies.

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A remorseful acquirer wants to get out of a merger or acquisition agreement. It concocts a thin justification, which a court wisely rejects, finding unlawful breach. What is the appropriate remedy for harm done to the target? While attention has focused on the controversy surrounding Elon Musk’s proposed acquisition of Twitter, this question arose in the recent Canadian decision of Cineplex v.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Once viewed as a mundane realm of payment processing, merchant acquiring in Asia is undergoing a transformation to seize the opportunities created by increased demand and digitization.

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LaPorte

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

(authored by RSM US LLP) RSM examines what economic headwinds mean for the oil and gas sector, which is faring better than the overall economy. The post Economic headwinds: Oil and gas sector first appeared on LaPorte.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

One-fifth of Australia’s registered nurses say they intend to leave their current role in the next year. Avoiding major staff shortages will likely require targeted interventions from stakeholders.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Dye & Durham Ltd. has terminated discussions about its takeover bid for Australia's Link Group less than two weeks after a financial services regulator ordered the Canadian software company to set aside at least £306 million ($350 million) in redress if it wanted to carry out the acquisition.

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Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

As billionaires like Elon Musk , Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson race for space, who will be the leaders in the nascent cannabis industry as it vaults to astronomical heights? Operators in various parts of the cannabis industry offered Benzinga their takes. Providing various responses, most focused less on the people and more so the brands and companies that could be headed to the moon, of sorts.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A Delaware federal judge on Friday refused to block U.S. Sugar Corp.'s $315 million acquisition of Imperial Sugar, rejecting a merger challenge from the U.S. Department of Justice over concerns about the supply of refined sugar in the Southeast U.S.

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Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Trian Partners was founded in 2005 by activist investor Nelson Peltz , who has a history of buying up shares, securing board seats and orchestrating M&A deals. With $8.5 billion in assets under management, Trian Partners owns 11% of The Wendy’s Company (NASDAQ: WEN ), where Peltz is the non-executive chairman, as well as Sysco (NYSE: SYY ) and The Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp (NYSE: MSGE ).

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ThomsonReuters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

There have been several recent news and opinion articles on the topic of “quiet quitting” as of late. This is the concept where an employee merely meets the very basics of his or her job description at work. According to a September 6, 2022 post on Gallup , the global analytics and advice firm, “quiet quitters make up at least 50% of the U.S. workforce – probably more.

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Trout CPA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Central Penn Business Journal has named Trout CPA as one of the 2022 Best Places to Work in PA. The awards are held in partnership with Best Companies Group. Best Places to Work in PA identifies, recognizes, and honors the best places of employment in Pennsylvania in three categories: small companies (15-99 employees), medium companies (100-249), and large companies (250 or more).

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Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

U.S. primary care provider Cano Health Inc (NYSE: CANO ) is reportedly exploring a sale and working with advisors after receiving acquisition interest from Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM ) and CVS Health Corp (NYSE: CVS ). Hedge fund Third Point LLC , which owns 6.4% of Cano, has been pushing the company to put itself up for sale as its stock price has tumbled since it went public last year via the SPAC transaction.

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Benchmark Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In 2021, the global space market was valued at $388.50 billion and is expected to reach $540.75 billion by 2026. The sector has expanded by an impressive 70% between 2010 and 2020. The space economy is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.84% between 2022 and 2026. Analysts also predict that the space industry will reach $1 trillion in annual revenue by the year 2040, with launch costs lowered by 95%.

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Concannon Miller

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Two things in life are certain: death and taxes. While you can't live forever, there are still some ways to collect tax-free income. Here's a list of common federal-income-tax-free opportunities for individuals.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Luxury beach resort group Sani/Ikos and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC announced Thursday that they would enter into a strategic partnership in which GIC will become Sani/Ikos' leading shareholder.

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John Jenkins

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This Mintz blog provides some helpful insights on navigating the potential antitrust minefield associated with sharing competitively sensitive information with a potential merger partner. The blog points out that antitrust regulators understand the need for due diligence & don’t view information sharing between competitors in this context as per se illegal.

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National Law Review M&A

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Clinton K. Yu Linda M. Weinberg David M. Spooner Christine J.

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Norman Marks

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Last year, the Independent Casino Commission (in New South Wales, Australia) appointed Adam Bell, SC (an attorney) to lead an independent inquiry into The Star Pty Ltd. (Star Entertainment Group). The stated objective was to “assess The Star’s suitability to hold a casino licence and to examine compliance with its legal obligations. In September 2021”. […].

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Plus, a French broadcaster sale reels in the billionaires

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