A Merger Monday in the Munchies Sector: DealBook Briefing

  • 6 years ago
A Merger Monday in the Munchies Sector: DealBook Briefing
About 62 percent are concerned that the tax proposal will negatively impact the nation’s health care system.”
• Only “14 percent of respondents’ companies plan to make large, immediate domestic capital investments if the bill passes.”
• 82 percent of attendees feel taxing carried interest at the capital gains rate is “improper.”
• Republicans promised that their tax overhaul would reduce Americans’ annual tax filings to forms the size of a postcard.
Allan Horwich, a law professor at Northwestern University, told Bloomberg:
“The most important thing is whether there were statements made by the company since he was hired
that were inconsistent with the true state of his health at the time, and whether the company knew that,” Mr. Horwich said.
There’s a little piece of information in each conversation.”
• Robert Kyncl, YouTube’s chief business officer, of the LionTree team: "Aryeh does a really good
job of weaving them in with the business leaders around them so that it’s not a one-man show.”
“The Last Jedi” — which Michael hasn’t seen yet, so no spoilers, readers — collected $450
million at the box office this weekend, the second-biggest opening by a movie ever.
From Michael’s profile of Mr. Bourkoff and LionTree:
“It’s a fortunate thing that we happen to be at the right place at the right time,” Mr. Bourkoff said in an interview in his Midtown Manhattan office.

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