May 10, 2024
Funds

Fall River seeks grant proposals for opioid lawsuit settlement funding

FALL RIVER — With the city receiving a windfall of $8 million from settling lawsuits with prescription opioid manufacturers and distributors, Fall River should set aside some money to pay the funeral expenses of people who will die from drug overdoses, said Niki Fontaine, director of Substance Use and Homeless Outreach Services.  To the board

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Investment

Baker Tilly US gets PE investment

Baker Tilly US LLP is receiving an infusion of funding from a pair of private equity firms, Hellman & Friedman and Valeas Capital Partners, making it the biggest accounting firm to date to accept PE funding. The Chicago-based firm is splitting its attest and nonattest sides, as other auditing firms have done in recent years

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Investors

Disney board nominates slate of dozen directors that excludes activist investors

Published: Jan. 16, 2024 at 6:22 p.m. ET Walt Disney Co.’s board on Tuesday nominated a slate of 12 directors that notably left out activist investors from Trian Fund Management (Nelson Peltz, James Rasulo) and Blackwells Group (Craig Hatkoff, Jessica Schell, Leah Solivan), both of which have been highly critical of Disney Chief Executive Robert

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