Dimitra DeFotis

2021 set M&A records, with a flurry of #investing made possible by still-low rates, high-priced equity and $1trillion+ of private equity dry powder seeking growth opportunities. Here is the 2022 @EY_StrategyTran global #mergersandacquisitions outlook linkedin.com/posts/briansal…

2021 has been a banner year globally for M&A. EY Strategy and Transactions (@EY_StrategyTran) examines if consumer products companies could be missing digital opportunities #mergersandacquisitions #technology

EY podcast: can anyone predict #privateequity performance? lnkd.in/exJD6BJ

Why is it? The EY Global Corporate Divestment Study shows 79% of companies' most recent asset sales didn’t meet price expectations. More via @EY_StrategyTran ey.com/en_gl/divestme… #Financial #Strategy

How cool: support from the U.S. Space Station for New York! #COVID19 #coronavirus

This is devastating. One NYC doctor speaks out / takes video footage of what it’s like on the inside. They are using a freezer truck to store bodies. “I don’t really care if I get in trouble” she said. “I want people to know this is bad. People are dying.” nytimes.com/2020/03/25/nyr…

Quoting Gov. Mario Cuomo, @NYGovCuomo on NY & what govnt should be: "family, mutuality, sharing benefits & burdens for good of all, feeling one another's pain, sharing one another's blessings, reasonably, honestly fairly, w/o respect to race, sex,geography, political affiliation"

Transcript & video from ⁦@NYGovCuomo:⁩ "I have no doubt that the virus was here much earlier than we even know ... & much earlier than in any other state because ... Travelers from China, Italy, Korea came" to NY 1st. #CoronavirusLockdown #COVID2019 governor.ny.gov/news/video-aud…

The news media is among "essential services" in our economy under the New York and New Jersey workforce reductions order. #COVIDー19 #QuaratineLife #coronavirus #journalismmatters #journalism nbcnewyork.com/news/business/…

The #CoronaVirusChallenge shows media & #journalists are an essential service in a democracy. In NY, only essential businesses can have >50% of workers at work outside home. Newsrooms are virtual & reporters roam solo. Who is "press," what to do? @NYGovCuomo said "good question!"

It is important to laugh. #CoronavirusPandemic youtu.be/XMTSbSrvcRg

Never on Sunday? Citing economic harm from #coronavirus & the troubled #energy industry - & need for lending to households & businesses -the #Fed slashed its benchmark interest rate range by one point to between zero & 0.25%. #FOMC #investingnews federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pre…

Stay calm & flow gently like “Sweet Afton,” the 1791 poem by Robert Burns: "Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, Thou green-crested lapwing thy screaming forbear,I charge you, disturb not my slumbering” youtube.com/watch?v=zJXDbR…

Why doesn't it occur to hoarders of #coronavirus prevention supplies that they could redeem themselves? Donate stashes in hard-hit states, or sell below cost! I asked 2 people to share at a shop last night, each said no. Soap has many applications here #panicshopping #capitalism

Just landed at LaGuardia w/ the ⁦@HostosCollege⁩ ⁦@HostosAthletics⁩ basketball team as seat mates.Their final games were cancelled no thanks to Coronavirus, but their spirited callouts to ⁦@kobebryant⁩ when landing did the trick! safe & sound. On to next season!

This past week, w/many distracted by #Coronavirus & the US election, #Turkey said 1000s of its ~4 million #migrants & refugees will go to EU via Greece & Bulgaria. Not all are from Syria & some had bus rides, reports say. A health economic political crisis bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Great short-form radio #storytelling from ⁦@robertloerzel⁩ “ Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight:” Who Wrote The #Chicago Fire Version? | WBEZ wbez.org/shows/curious-…

Catch this documentary via @PBSAmerMasters about the brilliant, complicated Miles Davis, his #jazz, & observations, in his voice, on love, racism, & life. Fascinating to see him improvising my favorite composition: L'Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud, a b&w French film soundtrack #music

Searching #Kobe Bryant's creative efforts & his parents, a 1996 quote: "Basketball is kind of like life. It can get rough at times. You can get knocked on your butt a couple of times. But what you have to do is get up and hold your head high and try again" latimes.com/sports/lakers/…