Harvard Corporate Governance
APRIL 21, 2022
Posted by Martin Lipton, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Thursday, April 21, 2022 Editor's Note: Martin Lipton is a founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and matters affecting corporate policy and strategy. This post is based on a Wachtell Lipton memorandum by Mr. Lipton, Steven A. Rosenblum , Karessa L.
Mckinsey and Company
APRIL 21, 2022
US manufacturing has an outsize impact on the nation’s economy. How can business leaders harness innovation to revitalize the manufacturing sector and drive inclusive economic growth?
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Harvard Corporate Governance
APRIL 21, 2022
Posted by Harvey L. Pitt, Kalorama Partners, LLC, on Thursday, April 21, 2022 Editor's Note: Harvey L. Pitt is Chief Executive Officer at Kalorama Partners LLC and its law firm affiliate Kalorama Legal Services PLLC, and former Chairman of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This post is based on his comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Musings on Markets
APRIL 21, 2022
I am not a prolific user of social media platforms, completely inactive on Facebook and a casual lurker on LinkedIn, but I do use Twitter occasionally, and have done so for a long time, with my first tweet in April 2009, making me ancient by Twitter standards. That said, I tweet less than ten times a month and follow only three people (three of my four children) on the platform.
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.
Harvard Corporate Governance
APRIL 21, 2022
Posted by Ross Levine (UC Berkeley), on Thursday, April 21, 2022 Editor's Note: Ross Levine is the Willis H. Booth Chair in Banking and Finance at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. This post is based on a recent paper by Mr. Levine; Jianqiang Chen, Ph.D. student at the College of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University; Pei-Fang Hsieh, Associate Professor at the College of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University; and Po-Hsuan Hsu, Professo
Benzinga
APRIL 21, 2022
No, this time it's for real. On the evening of April 19, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA ) CEO Elon Musk sent a mysterious tweet : " is the Night." Filling in the blank would be "Tender" since Musk intends to make a tender offer to purchase 100% of Twitter Inc ( NYSE: TWTR ), and according to Benzinga Pro , Musk has acquired the $46.5 billion loan required to acquire the social media network.
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Law 360 M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
The New York offices of Ulmer & Berne has swiped a new partner for its health care regulations practice from the Long Island offices of Abrams Fensterman Fensterman Eisman Formato Ferrara Wolf & Carone LLP, where he helped package deals.
Audit Board
APRIL 21, 2022
Several high-profile ransomware attacks, including an incident involving Colonial Pipeline, which resulted in fuel shortages on the east coast, underscore the severity of the threat and why your organization should take steps to harden its defenses. Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that by 2031 ransomware will generate losses of $265 billion per year with an attack taking place every two seconds.
The Guardian M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
Tesla CEO is putting $21bn of his own money in the package, according to US watchdog filing Elon Musk has secured $46.5bn (£35.6bn) in financing to fund a possible hostile bid for Twitter and is putting up $21bn of his own money as part of the package. On top of that equity, Musk is raising a further $12.5bn for the offer via a margin loan secured against his shares in Tesla, the electric carmaker that he runs as CEO.
Audit Board
APRIL 21, 2022
Cybersecurity has been a top risk to businesses for several years, and most businesses have taken this threat very seriously. Companies’ actions to mitigate cybersecurity risk are not generally visible to the public, so investors are often in the dark when deciding which companies are good options for their investments. . The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recognizes the importance of this information, and in an effort to increase transparency it has proposed new cybersecurity dis
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
Benchmark Report
APRIL 21, 2022
Benchmark International successfully facilitated the transaction of a collection of four Texas-based companies that provide a range of services, including hazardous material abatement, environmental consulting, and training for private and public clients across the United States. The four operational entities include ARC Abatement, Inc. and ARC Abatement I, Ltd, ARC Industrial Services, LLC, and Asbestos Consulting Services, Inc.
Law 360 M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
Online collaboration platforms and instant messaging tools are quickly becoming the primary mode of internal business communications, leading to disputes around discoverability of data on these platforms and underscoring the need for new preservation processes to ensure compliance with discovery obligations, say Jay Carle and Ryan Tilot at Seyfarth.
ThomsonReuters
APRIL 21, 2022
QUESTION: I understand that obtaining a hardship distribution from a 401(k) plan requires a certain type of hardship and proof that a 401k plan distribution is necessary to alleviate the hardship. What is the current standard for proving necessity? ANSWER: In the past (generally, distributions prior to 2020), plans could use either of two standards for determining whether a hardship distribution was necessary: a safe harbor standard or a “non-safe harbor” standard.
Law 360 M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
A group of airline customers signaled Thursday their intention to appeal a New York federal judge's ruling upholding a 2013 merger between American Airlines and US Airways up to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, extending the long-running antitrust battle that arose from American's bankruptcy.
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.
ThomsonReuters
APRIL 21, 2022
FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation Part 53 (Apr. 19, 2022). Available at [link]. The DOL, HHS, and IRS have issued FAQ guidance (Part 53) adopting an enforcement safe harbor for health plans and insurers reporting certain types of in-network rates under the transparency in coverage (TiC) regulations. As background, TiC final regulations issued in November 2020 include requirements for health plans and insurers to publicly disclose price information in machine-readable files for plan
N Contracts
APRIL 21, 2022
Banking as a Service (BaaS) is a business model that allows fintechs and other companies to partner with licensed financial institutions to provide banking services like credit cards, deposit accounts, and loans. In a BaaS arrangement, the participating company connects directly to the financial institution’s core through an application programming interface (API) integration.
ThomsonReuters
APRIL 21, 2022
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Guidance for Disputing Parties (Apr. 2022); Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Guidance for Certified IDR Entities (Apr. 2022). Disputing Parties Process Guide. IDRE Process Guide. The DOL, IRS, and HHS have jointly issued revised process guides for independent dispute resolution (IDR) under the No Surprises Act, enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) (see our Checkpoint article ).
Rhythm Systems
APRIL 21, 2022
In order to live our Core Value to Keep Smart , our team does company-wide training each year (in addition to the department-specific training we do on an ongoing basis). This year, we all took Gallup’s StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment and had a day of learning together about our strengths. Our partner at Gallup, Patrick Mieritz, kicked us off with a great introduction to strengths, and our team spent the rest of the day learning about each other’s strengths and how we prefer to work.
NYT M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
Mr. Musk has been building a stake in the social media company and last week made an unsolicited offer to acquire it outright.
Financial Times M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
Nutrition and beauty group’s confirmation of takeover approaches overshadows pressures on its business
Mckinsey and Company
APRIL 21, 2022
The global population is fast approaching the eight billion mark. A former Department of Defense consultant says not to panic.
Law 360 M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
Elon Musk isn’t the only one interested in a Twitter takeover, Zendesk has hired an adviser as it considers a sale, and Hitachi is looking to sell a $1.56 billion stake in its transport business. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other deal rumors from the past week that you need to be aware of.
Machen McChesney
APRIL 21, 2022
The Biden administration’s fiscal year 2023 budget blueprint, released on March 28, consists of a mix of familiar proposals and brand-new initiatives that reflect the President’s policy objectives. The proposals are described in more detail in the General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2023 Revenue Proposals, commonly referred to as the “ Green Book ,” that was released with the budget, and include the President’s now-familiar calls for increasing the top corporate tax rate to
Law 360 M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn called out McDonald's and its "hollow" environmental, social and governance agenda Thursday, blasting the fast food giant's animal welfare practices to illustrate a broader ESG "hypocrisy" among Wall Street firms and their backers.
Financial Times M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
Tesla billionaire says he will personally provide $21bn of equity for the deal
The Guardian M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
Online shopping group describes ‘multiple’ attempts to buy company as ‘unacceptable’ Online shopping group THG has dismissed “numerous” takeover approaches as “unacceptable”, saying they undervalued the company. Manchester-based THG (formerly known as The Hut Group), which runs beauty and nutrition websites including Lookfantastic, Cult Beauty and Myprotein, confirmed there had been interest from third parties, but said the company was not currently involved in any talks.
NYT M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
The rocket man shored up $46.5 billion for his Twitter bid, pushing the drama toward its third week.
Sharp Sheets
APRIL 21, 2022
There’s a lot of confusion on how to value SaaS companies, and especially ARR multiples. Whilst we won’t discuss here how to value yours (check out our tutorial on SaaS valuation), in this article we are looking at the ARR multiples of 12 different SaaS verticals to identify patterns you can use for your own valuation. This article is based on the thorough analysis of 120 publicly-listed comparables which we are listing below.
ThomsonReuters
APRIL 21, 2022
Post-pandemic, digital transformation has ceased being a buzzword. Firms experienced first-hand use cases for Cloud-enabled software and have learned that digital transformation is essential to ensuring business continuity, recruiting, and retaining talent, improving communication with clients, and growth. . The benefits of digital transformation don’t end at the firm’s front door though – cloud-enabled software reduces the amount of paper being used, stored, and managed by your firm, which is
Mckinsey and Company
APRIL 21, 2022
See the opportunities and risks of the net-zero transition through eight of our recent data visualizations.
Financial Times M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
Plus, Bill Ackman’s $400mn Netflix loss is Carl Icahn’s gain and the CEO of Goldman Sachs takes a trip to the Caribbean
Mckinsey and Company
APRIL 21, 2022
Two authors of an upcoming article on sustainability opportunities share their views on how this imperative goes beyond ethics.
Fox Corporate Finance
APRIL 21, 2022
The capital raised in BioTech IPOs declined heavily in Europe and the US. For Q4’21 – Q1’22, the amount of raised capital declined by 73 percent compared to Q4’20 – Q1’21 (from EUR 5,941m to. Read more. The post Significant cool-down of BioTech IPOs in Europe and the US appeared first on FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH.
Law 360 M&A
APRIL 21, 2022
Swiss chemical company Sika's plan to pick up construction chemical maker MBCC Group in a deal worth some $5.7 billion has caught the eye of the United Kingdom's competition enforcer, which revealed Thursday that it was looking into the acquisition.
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