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Diversity, Experience, and Effectiveness in Board Composition

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Merel Spierings, The Conference Board, Inc., on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Editor's Note: Merel Spierings is a Researcher at The Conference Board ESG Center. This post is based on her recent publication, which was released by The Conference Board and ESG analytics firm ESGAUGE , in collaboration with Debevoise & Plimpton , the KPMG Board Leadership Center , Russell Reynolds Associates , and The John L.

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A Sneak Peek at the 2022 AAML/BVR Divorce Conference

BVR

Check out this preview of a few of the events taking place at the 2022 AAML/BVR National Divorce conference, in sunny Las Vegas!

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Socially Responsible Divestment

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Alex Edmans (London Business School), Doron Levit (University of Washington), and Jan Schneemeier (Indiana University), on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Editor's Note: Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School, Doron Levit is Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Washington, and Jan Schneemeier is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Indiana University.

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Deal Structures: Legalities to Negotiate When Selling a Business

Viking Mergers

The number of negotiable components in business deal structures can seem exciting at best, terrifying at worst, and certainly overwhelming to anyone closely impacted by the deal’s results (i.e., the seller and the buyer). We created this four-part series to provide helpful information to entrepreneurs like you by dissecting the significant parts of a business deal; this article is Part Three.

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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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California Bill Would Prohibit Settlement Agreements Keeping Certain Information Secret

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Jason Russell, Hillary Hamilton, and Ross Phoenix, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Editor's Note: Jason Russell is Partner and Hillary Hamilton and Ross Phoenix are Associates at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. This post is based on their Skadden memorandum. The California Senate will soon consider a bill prohibiting settlement agreements that prevent disclosing information about defective products or environmental hazards.

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Accelerating toward net zero: The green business building opportunity

Mckinsey and Company

Surging demand for zero-carbon technologies, materials, and services gives companies opportunities to build new green businesses. Leaders that move quickly could see exponential growth.

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Geely Acquires Major Stake in Smartphone Maker Which Has Alibaba Connection

Benzinga

Billionaire Li Shufu controlled satellite-to-automobile group Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (OTC: GELYY ), purchased a majority stake in Chinese smartphone maker Meizu Technology Co, the Caixin Global reports. Geely's Hubei Xingji Shidai Technology Co division bought a 79% stake in Meizu from Meizu's founder and a unit of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA ).

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BREAKING: Facebook Mostly Loses Giphy Merger Appeal, But Case In Limbo

Law 360 M&A

The U.K.'s specialist antitrust tribunal on Tuesday largely rejected Facebook's challenge to a decision blocking its $315 million acquisition of GIPHY, but agreed that Britain's competition watchdog made mistakes that could call the decision into question.

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Why Continental Resources Stock Is Rising Today

Benzinga

Continental Resources Inc (NYSE: CLR ) shares are trading higher Tuesday after the company announced the receipt of a "take private" proposal from the Hamm family. Harold G. Hamm sent a non-binding proposal letter on behalf of himself, the Harold G. Hamm Trust and certain trusts established for. Full story available on Benzinga.com.

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How to unlock the full value of data? Manage it like a product

Mckinsey and Company

Creating reusable data products and patterns for piecing together data technologies enables companies to derive value from data today and tomorrow.

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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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Donaldson Acquires Early-Stage Biotechnology Company Purilogics

Benzinga

Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI ) has acquired Purilogics, LLC , an early-stage biotechnology company, for an initial purchase price of $20 million plus milestone-based earnout payments over the next five years. Founded in 2013 by Jinxiang Zhou and Scott Husson, Purilogics is based in Greenville, South Carolina. Purilogics offers a broad portfolio of.

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How Intelligent Order Management builds retail supply chain resilience

Avanade

Avanade’s Greg Jones and Microsoft’s Don Lees discuss how Intelligent Order Management can help retailers realize three compelling supply chain benefits.

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Blink Charging Expands Footprint Via This $200M Acquisition - What's The Benefit

Benzinga

Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ: BLNK ) has agreed to acquire SemaConnect, Inc., a provider of EV charging infrastructure solutions in North America, for $200 million in cash and common stock. This transaction adds nearly 13,000 EV chargers to Blink's existing footprint, 3,800 site host locations, and more than 150,000 registered EV driver members. The acquisition.

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Giving developers a leading role in cybersecurity

Mckinsey and Company

Cyber-attacks are happening at such a breakneck pace that protecting against them increasingly starts when developers are first building software. Snyk has built a thriving business by providing the tools that enable this new approach to succeed at scale.

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Mastering Intent Data: Understanding its Importance & Best Practices

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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EXCLUSIVE: Fyllo To Acquire NineSixteen Aiming To Transform The Dispensary Retail Experience

Benzinga

Cannabis compliance technology platform Fyllo will buy NineSixteen, an interactive retail display network that delivers high-impact digital experiences in physical retail locations. Fyllo confirmed Tuesday the signing of a purchase agreement, saying that NineSixsteen will advance its widely-used retail offering, which was designed to create stronger connections with today’s most progressive consumers.

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Advanced tech elevates process modeling in batch-processing industries

Mckinsey and Company

In high-volume batch-processing industries, reliable models of manufacturing processes can help companies cut production costs while improving quality and performance.

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Australia's ResApp Takeover Bid Undervalued - Read What Pfizer Did

Benzinga

Following an independent expert report suggesting that Australia-based ResApp Health Limited's current share price was undervalued, Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE ) bolstered its takeover bid. According to a Market Herald report , Pfizer will now offer 20.7 cents/share for ResApp if it can repeat the success of its cough-based COVID-19 detection test as per its pilot study in March.

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What are the gaps in your strategy? Here are 7 questions to ask

N Contracts

When running a financial institution, or any other kind of business, proper risk management is essential for your success. Any action you take, or decline to take, involves some element of inherent risk.

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ResMed Strengthens Its Out-Of-Hospital Software Solutions Position With Latest Acquisition - Read How

Benzinga

ResMed Inc (NYSE: RMD ) has agreed to acquire privately-held MEDIFOX DAN , a Germany-based provider of out-of-hospital software solutions, from Hg, a software and services investor. MEDIFOX DAN's clinical, financial, and operational solutions are similar to ResMed's U.S. SaaS brands, MatrixCare and Brightree. MEDIFOX DAN's German customer base is complementary to the customers of ResMed's U.S.

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Meta fails to overturn Giphy sale order by UK competition regulator

Financial Times M&A

CMA may have to look again at decision as result of Facebook parent’s one successful challenge at tribunal

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The McKinsey Crossword: Four Dimensions | No. 80

Mckinsey and Company

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.

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HqO Acquires Global Workplace Employee Experience (EX) Measurement Leader, Leesman Index, Bringing 1M+ Data Points to Hundreds of Customers Worldwide

Benzinga

BOSTON, June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HqO , the industry-leading workplace experience platform, today announced the acquisition of Leesman , the world's leader in measuring employee workplace experience. This is the second time in less than one year that HqO has expanded its global footprint and portfolio through acquisition. In November 2021, HqO acquired Office App, a leading European tenant and employee engagement platform, which expanded HqO's services into the corporate worksp

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Small Biz Debt Limit Raised, Crypto Exec Can't Ditch Case

Law 360 M&A

Congress took action to permanently raise the debt limit for small business Chapter 11 cases, a former cryptocurrency investment firm executive can't ditch his own bankruptcy case, and a bankrupt hotel company asked to deny a $6 million fee request from its own attorneys. This is the week in bankruptcy.

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Harold Hamm launches bid to take Continental Resources private

Financial Times M&A

Energy billionaire wants to buy the 17% of Continental that his family does not already own

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Steps Companies Can Take To Mitigate Privilege Labeling Risk

Law 360 M&A

Although Google prevailed on a recent privilege labeling sanctions motion, an important takeaway from the decision is that companies should assess their in-house procedures and employee training programs regarding privileged communications to mitigate risks of the potential appearance of bad faith privilege claims, say Gareth Evans at Redgrave and e-discovery attorney James Hertsch.

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Future-proofing the supply chain

Mckinsey and Company

With supply chains in the spotlight, three new long-term transformation priorities form a fresh focus for competitive advantage.

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Take a closer look at Arizona’s small business income tax

Henry Horne

Some people have reached out after the previous blog on Arizona’s new alternative tax, called the Arizona Small Business Income Tax (SBI). So I thought I would do a follow up with some questions and answers: Don’t miss: Why do I want a cost segregation study? Small Business Income Tax (SBI) FAQs Question: How do … Keep Reading. The post Take a closer look at Arizona’s small business income tax appeared first on Henry+Horne.

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Atos: from roll-up to blow-up as IT group gropes for reboot switch

Financial Times M&A

Any investor joining this rescue mission may end up floundering

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Is Your Corporation Eligible for the Dividends-Received Deduction?

Machen McChesney

There’s a valuable tax deduction available to a C corporation when it receives dividends. The “dividends-received deduction” is designed to reduce or eliminate an extra level of tax on dividends received by a corporation. As a result, a corporation will typically be taxed at a lower rate on dividends than on capital gains.

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FTC Says Arko To Trim Noncompetes In $94M Gas Outlet Buy

Law 360 M&A

Arko Corp. and its subsidiary GPM Investments LLC agreed Tuesday to trim certain noncompete provisions from a deal to buy 60 Michigan and Ohio-based Express Stop retail fuel outlets from Corrigan Oil Company that the Federal Trade Commission deemed anti-competitive, the agency said Tuesday.

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Alex Mowery and Jarod Bingaman Hired as Staff Accountants

Trout CPA

Trout CPA is pleased to announce that Alex Mowery and Jarod Bingaman have been hired as Staff Accountants. Alex will be working in our Lancaster office and Jarod will be in our Mechanicsburg office.

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Pinnacle Mergers and Acquisitions Assists Victory Auto Group in the Sale of a Birmingham Alabama Honda Dealership

Benzinga

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The month of May brought change for a Birmingham Alabama Honda dealership. Freeway Honda, owned by Victory Automotive Group, changed ownership on May 9 when Carlock Automotive Group purchased the dealership now known as Carlock Honda. Although Freeway Honda was their only rooftop in the Alabama market, Victory Automotive Group, which celebrated 25 years of business in 2022, is the 14th largest dealer group in the United States with 49+ location

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$12M Chancery Deal Sought For $335M NY Casino-Resort Suit

Law 360 M&A

Minority stockholders of New York's Empire Resorts Inc. have tentatively settled for $12 million a Delaware Court of Chancery class challenge to the company's $335.4 million go-private sale in 2019 to its largest stockholder.

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Benchmark Downgrades AeroClean After Share Price Rallies

Benzinga

Benchmark analyst Robert Wasserman downgraded AeroClean Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: AERC ) to Hold from Buy , without a price target. The analyst notes that despite a poor overall market outlook, the company's shares have quickly reached and exceeded earlier price targets. Wasserman downgraded the rating on AERC at this time due to share price and market volatility.