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Starbucks New Investor: Pershing Square Capital Management

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Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 percent stake in Starbucks. The Wall Street Journal noted Ackman said he thinks same-store sales have been positive on a consistent basis and that the market in the U.S.,

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Lightspeed Buys Restaurant POS Upserve To Strengthen Hospitality Offering

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Lightspeed bought Upserve for $430 million , consisting of approximately $123 million in net cash and up to 5,895,365 subordinate voting shares in the capital of Lightspeed, which is subject to post-closing adjustments, the release stated.

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Wells Fargo Taps BNY Mellon’s Charles Scharf To Lead Bank Plagued By Scandal

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Wells Fargo, the scandal-plagued bank that has been searching for a new chief executive, announced on Friday (Sept. 27) that Bank of New York Mellon CEO and Chairman Charles W. In addition, she previously worked at Capital One, Chase Manhattan Bank and JPMorgan. . Scharf has agreed to take on the job effective Oct.

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TS Imagine Announces Strong Growth and Senior Hires as Demand Surges

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. • Company hires nearly 100 new staff globally in H1 2022, including senior appointments to support expansion. The expansion has been accomplished through cross-selling products to existing customers and new client acquisition. Piuter Kogan, Global Head of Infrastructure : Based in New York. Paul is based in London.

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Event Startup Fever Notches $35M

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Event startup Fever announced it has raised $35 million in a funding round led by Rakuten Capital. Fever’s innovative solutions uniquely position the company to capitalize on the fast-growing experience economy and have proven very valuable to digital marketers. Atresmedia, Accel, and former chairman of U.S.

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18 Corporate Innovation Labs In Healthcare

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One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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POS Company Appetize Raises $20 Million, Plans To Grow Its Team

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POS platform company Appetize recently announced that it had closed a $20 million investment round led by Shamrock Capital Advisors and Oak View Group, among others. Appetize, a Playa Vista, California-based POS company, delivers modern ordering and payments technology for enterprise businesses.