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Beauty, Personal-Care Deals Need No Glow Up After Record YearHi, it’s Crystal here in New York. Today, let’s explore the health and beauty transactions that drove a record number of deals last year, and what bankers are saying about them. In activist news, we take a look at fresh pressure on Toshiba’s breakup plan and a former Elliott executive’s new hedge fund.Today's top storiesJanuary 6, 2022
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Trade Rhetoric `Decepticon' Unmasked as Barbie: Taking StockPositives are few and far between this morning, save a few earnings reports, like Barbie maker Mattel, which beat earnings estimates for the first time in three years, up nearly 18 percent in post-market trade ("outperformance in every segment," Goldman Sachs analysts wrote). This poses an interesting dynamic with competitor Hasbro (of Star Wars, Transformers product lines), which just reported disappointing results after winning the toy game for the better part of four years.February 8, 2019
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Taking One Too Many for the TeamIt's time for another dose of entrepreneurial wisdom. This week's lovin' spoonful comes from a recent field trip to Stanford University, where I sat in on a panel of entrepreneurs and VCs hosted by the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab. There were plenty of nuggets about how to pitch ideas and raise money, which I'll get to in a minute. But the part that stuck with me most was about the personal sacrifices and commitment that are required to live the life entrepreneurial. We hear plenty about the GoogleMarch 18, 2005