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Live Nation Settles With DOJ Over Ticketmaster Antitrust Violation

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Live Nation Entertainment reached a deal with the government, resolving concerns that the company had violated a 2010 antitrust settlement. However, the DOJ has been investigating the possibility that Live Nation has violated the terms of its agreement by possibly coercing people to use Ticketmaster.

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Mastercard General Counsel Tapped To Chair National Urban League

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The world of payments has provided a new leader to the National Urban League. Murphy was elected to the post during the National Urban League’s Board of Trustees quarterly meeting in New York City. “He I’m honored to be a part of that mission,” Murphy said as part of the National Urban League’s announcement.

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Former Restaurant Execs Seek $230M For SPAC

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Greg Golkin, managing partner at Kitchen Fund, is named as president. Tastemaker’s chief financial officer is Chris Bradley, managing director of Mistral Equity Partners, a private equity firm whose portfolio owns El Pollo Loco and Jamba. “We Listed as co-CEOs are David Pace, chairman of the board at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.

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Punjab National Bank Continues Internal Investigations Into $2B Diamond Heist Scandal

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India’s Punjab National Bank (PNB) is conducting an internal investigation into an alleged $2 billion fraud, vowing to come down on anyone involved in the crime. “We For its part, PNB has suspended 21 officials, and Mehta said the bank was investigating how the fraud managed to go undetected for nearly a decade.

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Alistair Darling was a rare exception: a politician who got things done

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The first was when, as chancellor of the exchequer during the 2007 global financial crash, it fell on him to manage the Treasury during an existential national crisis in which our major banks came within hours of collapse. Gordon Brown was UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010 Continue reading.

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Canada’s Lightspeed POS Inc Raises $179M In IPO

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National Bank Financial, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Overall, the firm has a small and medium-sized business focus and its platform can be utilized for different functions including inventory management and point of sale (POS). s 2010 U.S. Lightspeed’s shares finished up trading at C$19, up 19 percent.

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Manufacturing Momentum Predicts Consumer Spend Recovery

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To that end, the latest data from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) showed on Monday (Nov. To that end, the latest data from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) showed on Monday (Nov. The report from the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business PMI (a gauge of national factory activity) stood at 59.3, 2) that the U.S.

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