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Month: August 2020

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Palantir Pursues Direct Listing with a Twist

cocktail with a twist

What’s the difference between a stock offering and an epic battle between good and evil? That’s a trick question, at least in the case of Palantir, the secretive data mining company that just filed registration documents in support of a dir...

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Is the “Stakeholder” Movement Already Dead?

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Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Business Roundtable (BRT) statement on corporate purpose. You remember it – the announcement that sparked debate about the core purpose of a corporation; BRT said they should look beyond shar...

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Public Companies Fret Over Fate of Postal Service

Americans are paying attention to their mail in a whole new way. With the United States Postal Service struggling financially and providing delayed service, citizens suddenly have a host of fears. Some are worried about their retirement che...

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Domestic Issuers Get Caught in U.S-China Crossfire

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They’ve tariffed each other’s products. They’ve sanctioned each other’s officials. They’ve blamed each other for the pandemic. But as hostilities escalate between the U.S. and China, only once have public companies told the president he too...

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Child Care Crisis a Hot Topic for Public Companies and Workforce

You’ve probably heard about the contentious conference calls happening this summer. Calls in which administrators get peppered with questions about how they’ll handle COVID-19 in the fall. Calls in which parents grill leadership on school c...

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