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David Baazov announced today that he and a group of investors intend to make an all-cash proposal to acquire Amaya at a 40% premium to Friday’s closing price 
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Xerox will split itself in two and give several board seats to activist investor Carl Icahn, reversing an effort by the century-old company to marry business services with its copiers and printers.
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One way in which we expect the white-collar/regulatory enforcement regime in 2016 to continue last year’s pattern is that the government’s appetite for extracting enormous fines and penalties from settling companies will likely continue unabated. However, as we discuss below, the manner in which well-advised companies facing criminal or serious regulatory investigations will seek to mitigate such fines and sanctions will likely change in some important respects in 2016. The reason for this expected change is that U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced late in 2015 that DOJ was formalizing a requirement that, in order to get “any” cooperation credit, companies must come forward with all available evidence identifying individuals responsible for the underlying misconduct subject to investigation.
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Two-person board committees exist—even at some of America’s biggest companies. There were 11 companies in the S&P 500 index as of Dec. 9 where key board panels consist of just two people.
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Amazon’s holiday quarter profit and sales missed estimates, taking the shine off of a year marked by record earnings and an expansion of the company’s businesses
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"If they pick up a CSeries order, all of this could change in a hurry. This is all very much sentiment-driven."
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Peter Kuperman, who invested all of his fund’s assets in a single illiquid penny stock, has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to reimburse investors for almost $2.9-million (U.S.) in losses
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William Ackman is proffering a new investment theory to explain a lot of his recent pain: The Pershing Square Correlation.
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Unlimited Sun Fuel + Community Owned Solar Farm = Power to the People!
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If the plane and train maker is thrown out of the main Canadian stock gauge it will put more pressure on the stock by forcing index funds to sell their holdings
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Facebook Inc (FB.O) smashed investors' expectations with a 52-percent jump in quarterly revenue as it sold more ads targeted at a fast-growing number of mobile users, sending its shares sharply higher after hours.
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New Transport Minister Jacques Daoust remains responsible for Quebec's financial participation in Bombardier's despite the cabinet shuffle.
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Washington D.C., Jan. 28, 2016 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a Manhattan-based investment advisory firm and its Toronto-based hedge fund manager have agreed to settle charges that they misled investors about a fund’s investment strategy and historical performance. They will reimburse investors $2.877 million in losses.
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Directors prepare for shareholder activism by thinking and acting a bit more like activists. SDVX/Rock Center event discussed how.
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In October 2015, press reports began appearing suggesting that Pfizer Inc., one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, and Allergan, an Irish publicly traded pharmaceutical company, were considering entering into the largest inversion in history. Within weeks, the IRS launched its latest missive against inversion transactions. It also put the tax community on notice that more regulatory activity was yet to come.
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Not-for-profit hospitals that perform best on finances, patient quality and other objective performance measures tend to pay their CEOs more than their peers, according to a new study by Mercer and Truven Health Analytics.
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Power utilities were just what investors were looking for when Hydro One debuted for $1.66 billion in November. Trends may come and go, but people will always turn on the lights
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At Swift Transportation, the CEO’s margin debt on company stock bumps up against limits, and the board keeps adjusting them
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Average wages are obtained by dividing the national-accounts-based total wage bill by the average number of employees in the total economy, which is then multiplied by the ratio of the average usual weekly hours per full-time employee to the average usually weekly hours for all employees.
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In September 2007, Northern Rock, a British bank, sought and received liquidity support from the Bank of England because of financial difficulties resulting from the global financial crisis.
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Pay Attention to Long-Term Debt Cycle: Ray Dalio, Stocks: SPY,DJI,QQQ, Ray Dalio, release date:Jan 27, 2016
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Ackman, whose Pershing Square lost between 16 and 20% in its funds in 2015, said it was a 'very costly' mistake that he did not sell Valeant when the stock price rose to US$200
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