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KKR To Acquire German Digital Payments Firm Heidelpay

PYMNTS

AnaCap had the upper hand against rival Nordic Capital and EQT from Sweden. Founded in 2003, Heidelpay enables its clients to accept online and mobile payments and is used by more than 30,000 merchants, including companies such as L’Oréal. Worldline and Nets also lost out, according to people briefed on the transaction, FT said.

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Addressing The Symptoms Of Pharmacies’ Cash Flow Ailments

PYMNTS

Taxes, minimum wage, global trade tariffs — there are a lot of regulatory changes weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. More so than the average SMB, independent pharmacies are particularly affected by the state of the healthcare market and its regulatory shifts. But these business owners need capital to expand.

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Yahoo! Is! For! Sale!: Why Banks Should Care

Celent Banking

The announcement in December came on the heels of a nearly 12-month project aimed at spinning its 15% interest (worth $30 billion) in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, to its shareholders, a transaction that has been abandoned over tax concerns. Today, Google’s market cap is more than $480 billion while the market cap of Yahoo!

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Monitise to Emphasize API, On-Site Solutions in Strategy Shift

Fintech Labs Insights

Both companies have pledged up to 10 million pounds of capital to the project over the next two years. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in London, U.K., Monitise trades on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol “MONI” and has a market capitalization of more than £200 million.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

In a deal that aimed to open the Chinese coal markets, US heavy-equipment behemoth Caterpillar paid $677M in 2012 to acquire ERA Mining Machinery Ltd. The Chinese coal market is one of the biggest in the world and this deal looked like easy money. Date: March 20, 2003. Google and Motorola. Date: August 15, 2011. Price: $6.3B.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

Market volatility. Brown, instead of managers getting stock options or guaranteed bonuses, every manager got paid $7,800 a year (the equivalent of about $14,500 today), plus “a designated percentage of the profits of the company after these are reduced by a charge for capital employed.”. Stock ownership. to buy half of.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

The early consultants changed that by using market research and data analysis combined with niche expertise to help companies manage their supply chains, improve their product positioning, and enter new markets to beat their competitors. Consultants did this because clients weren’t. From the FAQ for BCG’s Gamma program.