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Boyne has acquired Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin-based AC Business Media, a B2B media and business intelligence company. No financial terms were disclosed. Corporate Solutions provided financial advice to AC Business Media on the transaction. And, J2advisors was lead counsel to Boyne on the deal while Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC served as lead counsel to ACBM.
Culver City, California-based MedMen, a cannabis firm, has named Benjamin Rose as chairman of its board of directors. The appointment is effective immediately. Since 2012, Rose has worked as a chief investment officer at Wicklow Capital Inc.
First Read ends your week with news that Trump is threatening to pull the U.S. from the World Trade Organization, a huge leak is showing a swanky new iPhone XS and SEC wants to make it easier for individuals to invest in private companies.
Wilshire Phoenix Capital, a specialty finance, asset management and advisory firm, has named Garrette Furo as partner and chief investment officer. Previously, Furo was neuroscience researcher at Columbia University Medical School.
In Second Opinion, Apple is expected to announce new iPhone and gadgets on September 12, former VP Joe Biden eulogizes John McCain at the late senator's funeral in Arizona and Campbell Soup is selling its international and fresh refrigerated-foods units while leaving open the possibility of selling the entire company.
Carrollton, Texas-based Fabulous Floors, a provider of commercial and residential flooring, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors were NewSpring, Tightrope Capital and Pouilly Investment Company.
Prism Spectrum Holdings LLC, which is backed by White Oak, has acquired West Haven, Connecticut-based Abatement Industries Group Inc, an asbestos abatement and selective demolition contractor. No financial terms were disclosed.
Dot Family Holdings, the Tracy Family's investment office, has acquired St. Louis, Missouri-based TAGG Logistics, an ecommerce fulfillment platform. No financial terms were disclosed.
LDC, a private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has acquired London-based FC Business Intelligence, a B2B events and information business. No financial terms were disclosed. JEGI/Clarity advised FCBI on the transaction.
First Read ushers in the day with news that Peter Thiel makes his first six-figure donation to the GOP for the midterm elections, SurveyMoney files to go public, and Apple confirms it has acquired Akonia Halographics.