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SEC Proposes Narrowing Grounds for Excluding Shareholder Proposals

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Richard Alsop, Harald Halbhuber, and Lona Nallengara, Shearman & Sterling LLP, on Sunday, August 7, 2022 Editor's Note: Richard Alsop , Harald Halbhuber , and Lona Nallengara are partners at Shearman & Sterling LLP. This post is based on a Shearman memorandum by Mr. Alsop, Mr. Halbhuber, Mr. Nallengara, Meaghan Jerrett , Alexa Major, and Ryan Robski.

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Elon Musk Challenges Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal To Public Debate On Bot Count, Runs Poll On His Claims

Benzinga

Elon Musk, who is currently engaged in a legal fight with Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR ) took the tussle to one-on-one terms on Saturday. What Happened: The Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA ) CEO said the deal could proceed on original terms, provided Twitter can reveal its method of sampling 100 accounts and confirm its bot count estimate. If the numbers revealed in the SEC filings are materially false, then the deal should not proceed, he said.

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How Private Shareholder Engagements on Material ESG Issues Affect Companies

Reynolds Holding

Shareholders have increasingly taken the lead in pushing for corporate sustainability. In 2021, for example, 20 percent of U.S. environmental and social shareholder proposals won over 50 percent of shareholder support, while in 2016 only 3 percent of such proposals were approved by a majority of shareholders. [1] Investors have also strengthened their private engagement efforts, with collaborative groups like Climate Action 100+ urging firms to make their operations more environmentally sustaina

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CVS Said To Be Eyeing Bid For This At-Home Healthcare Tech Firm

Benzinga

Healthcare and drug store chain CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS ) is considering a bid for Signify Health, Inc. (NYSE: SGFY ), the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Journal reported last week that Signify is exploring strategic alternatives, including a potential sale. Signify provides a value-based care platform that uses advanced analytics and other technology to shift health services toward.

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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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UK to hold national security review of £4.2bn deal for key gas network

Financial Times M&A

Government to use new powers to scrutinise sale of critical energy infrastructure by National Grid to Macquarie-led group

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Separating Fact From Fiction: Debunking Myths Around CMMC 2.0

Audit Board

This article originally appeared on the ISACA blog. . With more than 220,000 companies supporting the Department of Defense, the defense industrial base presents an enticing target for hackers, nation-states, and cybercriminals. On November 4, 2021, the Department of Defense announced that it would replace the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 1.0 with CMMC 2.0.

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Proactive news headlines including Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals, Andromeda Metals, Frontier Energy and Imugene Ltd

Benzinga

Sydney, Aug. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Proactive, provider of real-time news and video interviews on growth companies listed in Australia, has covered the following companies: Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:PAR) is poised to present data from its open-label Phase 2 study on pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS) at the 2023 International Conference on Lysosomal Diseases (ICLD) meeting.

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Effective Tips for Managing Your Mental Health as a Trader

Equilest

Performing under pressure has a lot to do with emotion. Traders deal with emotions, whether you are aware or not. A lot of traders likewise set themselves up for losing, even before taking an actual loss. They take with fear floating on their minds. This needs to be corrected for long-term success. At first, got it by concentrating on lots of information and data.

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Davis Polk Discusses Key Takeaways for Banks of Basel Climate Report

Reynolds Holding

Here are the key takeaways from the Basel Committee’s final Principles for the Effective Management and Supervision of Climate-Related Financial Risks (the “Basel Principles”). The core elements of the Basel Principles align closely with proposed principles from the OCC and FDIC. The Basel Principles 1 align closely with the climate-related risk management principles proposed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC Proposal”) 2 and the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (the

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Celebrity authors and pro golfers provide a test case for the labour market

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Biden administration argues even the elite need the protection of antitrust laws

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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