Category: Business

University connection Anna Cunningham and T. Austin Simmons Third-year law students Anna Cunningham and T. Austin Simmons have been selected as the 2022-23 Ron and Cassondra LeMay Business Law Fellows. They are selected based on their interest and commitment to business law, significant leadership potential, and prior performance in a business law program. Cunningham & Simon serve as student leaders for the Law School’s Business Law Concentration Program and the Business Law Association, both advised by Arkansas Bar Foundation Professor of Law, Will Foster and…

CAIRO, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Egypt’s non-oil private sector slumped to a 23rd straight month of decline in October, a survey showed on Thursday. S&P Global Egypt’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 47.7, the highest since February and up slightly from September’s 47.6, but still below the 50.0 threshold that separates growth from contraction. Business optimism among non-oil firms has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, with just 4% of companies giving a positive outlook for the next 12 months. Non-oil firms cut the number…

Since the coup, leading international financial institutions have carried out transactions with Inwa Bank, documents show. Big banks, including Australia’s ANZ, are continuing to do business with a bank owned by Myanmar’s military administration despite a bloody crackdown on anti-coup protesters, according to an advocacy group and leaked documents. ANZ, one of Australia’s “big four” banks, and Hong Kong-based insurer AIA were used by the military congress-owned Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) to transfer funds to Inwa Bank in August and September 2021, Justice told Myanmar. Referring to issued bank documents.…

HANCOCK, Mich. (WLUC) – Back in its second year, the University of Finland’s Shark Day event is helping local students learn about entrepreneurship. This includes the use of creativity and innovation in business. They also had the opportunity to generate their own business ideas. “A big focus is to get students to think outside the box,” says Lauren Haustedt, education partner manager at the University of Finland. “Before they break up to do their group sessions to create their product or service, they have to create a product or service…

HANCOCK, Mich. (WLUC) – Back in its second year, the University of Finland’s Shark Day event is helping local students learn about entrepreneurship. This includes the use of creativity and innovation in business. They also had the opportunity to generate their own business ideas. “A big focus is to get students to think outside the box,” says Lauren Haustedt, education partner manager at the University of Finland. “Before they break up to do their group sessions to create their product or service, they have to create a product or service…

Inclusion on the San Francisco Legacy Business Register is a tribute to many of our beloved local businesses that have been around for 30 years or more. This honor is given to popular bars and restaurants, recording studios, or especially popular post office and mailbox businesses. But the Chronicle reported today that the SF Historic Preservation Commission was considering an older business name for the North Beach strip club, the Condor Club. And while that club is believed to be the first non-elite bar in the US, the nomination has…

CVS Health President and CEO Karen Lynch Woonsocket, RI-based CVS Health plans to sell its long-term care pharmacy business to Cincinnati-based Omnicare, which reported an associated loss of $2.5 billion in the third quarter, the company announced Wednesday. “We continue to strategically review our portfolio and make decisions around properties that are not a good fit for our portfolio. Omnicare is a great example of that,” President and CEO Karen Lynch said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call Wednesday morning. “The company has determined that its LTC business is no…

LISBON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Mark McGann, the whistleblower of the so-called Uber dossier, said on Wednesday that while the ride-hailing company appeared to be taking steps to improve its work culture, its business model was still “perfect”. Unsustainable. The Guardian and Le Monde newspapers reported in July that Uber Technologies Inc ( UBER.N ) flouted laws and bribed politicians as part of an aggressive campaign to expand into new markets from 2013 to 2017. Read more McGahn, who led Uber’s lobbying efforts to win over governments, identified himself as…

Historical links Mankato, Minn. #12 Minnesota State is looking to extend its winning streak to six games heading into the NSIC semifinals against Minot State. The Mavericks scored four goals against CSP’s goaltending to lead the way against a determined Concordia Saint-Paul team, which improved to 14-1-4 after a 4-1 overall streak. Minot entered the tournament with a 9-2-8 overall record among the four seeds (8-1-6 NSIC) after defeating North State in the quarterfinals. during the week, Jenny Vetter, Mackenzie RathAnd Brian Culture The NSIC…

Singapore/New York – November 2, 2022 – Cooley advised Wellsback Technology Metals Acquisition Corporation (WMA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, on its proposed merger agreement with Wavetech Group, a company developing next-generation battery-enhancing technologies. Attorneys Tim Petrelli, David Silverman, Steven Holm and Hannah Lo led the Cooley team in advising WTMA. As a result of the transaction, the combined company will be called WaveTech Group and is expected to remain listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol WTG. This combination gives WMA the…