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Jobs Report Friday again! Here’s what we’re looking for in the numbers (though after last month, good luck with any predictions)...more
Jobs Report Friday again, and general consensus is that with the Omicron surge hitting smack dab in the middle of January hiring, these numbers are going to be weird. Very weird...more
We begin this week’s Update with the announced acquisition of Getaroom by Booking Holdings. Enjoy....more
Late last year, a California appellate court reaffirmed longstanding principles that have important lessons for employers hoping to prevent their employees from taking trade secrets with them if they leave to work for a...more
We were pretty sure that the Fed would keep interest rates steady as it wrapped its Open Market Committee meetings yesterday, and Fed Chair Powell delivered on that expectation. He also admitted that the same lack of...more
On 6 February 2018, the EU Commission announced that it had accepted a referral request from a number of EU countries to assess Apple’s acquisition of Shazam, a UK based developer and distributor of music recognition...more
Disruptive Forces 2 - - Netflix – a threat to broadcast and cable TV operators? - Amazon – a threat to grocery and retail more broadly? - Apple and Facebook – a threat to would-be rivals? - Google – a threat to...more
The past 2 years have been just short of disastrous for most hedge funds. But even without much to show in the form of results, the world’s biggest fund manager—Bridgewater Associates—has attracted $22.5 billion in investor...more
Continual rejections worked for Hershey in fending off Mondelez’s takeover bid. The Deal Professor thinks that Tronc faces considerable risks in following the same strategy with Gannett’s repeated overtures....more
And after all the sturm und drang surrounding the Hershey Trust and the Mondelez buyout offer over these past few months . . . it’s over. Mondelez announced yesterday that it’s no longer seeking to acquire the Hershey...more
As we have written about before, the difference between technology companies and automotive companies is getting smaller and smaller. That trend continues to progress. Samsung Electronics Ltd. is closer to becoming an...more
The internet blew up last week when rumors leaked that Apple was preparing to buy Dr. Dre’s and Jimmy Iovine’s Beats headphones company for $3.2 billion. Steve Jobs never would have done that! It’s confusing! It’s...more
If recent events are any indication, U.S. and European antitrust agencies will remain focused this year on the intersection of intellectual property and competition law. In particular, the agencies have concluded that under...more