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Its 2022 annual report, filed on January 19, said the deal desk should review any deals greater than $500,000. SUSE sales growth was slowing at the time. Reuters could not determine if the deal was vetted by the deal desk nor how many deals have been going through the unit. SUSE and Reuters parent company, Thomson Reuters, are involved in litigation over the use of SUSE software products. SUSE claims that Thomson Reuters breached the terms that allegedly governed its use of SUSE software products.

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☆ Company execs used to trumpet their diversity and climate efforts. Now not so much
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Just 74 members of the S&P 500 even mentioned “ESG” in their first quarter earnings calls, according to new FactSet data. ESG funds have also lost popularity with investors. Total assets under management in ESG funds fell by about $163.2 billion globally during the first quarter of 2023 from the year before, according to data provider Lipper. The Congressman asked whether the company’s diversity initiatives were “directing resources away from the important things like greasing wheel bearings?”Companies “see that certain terms have become lightning rod terms. “You can say you’re increasing diversity initiatives just for the optics, but without data to back it up, you’ll eventually get called out by stakeholders,” he said.

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☆ What are dual-class shares and why do they matter for investors like us?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Ford Motor (F) and Estee Lauder (EL) are the four Club holdings that maintain a dual-class structure. Dual-class stock structures generally designate shares as part of Class A or Class B, with one carrying more weight than the other. Google Co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page took their nascent firm, now Alphabet, public in 2004 with a dual-class stock structure. Advantages A dual-class structure allows founders, C-suite executives or key investors to maintain control and execute their long-term vision for the business. Bottom line Dual-class shares are not ideal, but they're not a deal breaker either.

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