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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 23, the 358th day of 2020. There are eight days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 23, 1954, the first successful human kidney transplant took place at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as a surgical team removed a kidney from 23-year-old Ronald Herrick and implanted it in Herrick’s twin brother, Richard.
On this date:
In 1783, George Washington resigned as commander in chief of the Continental Army and retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
In 1913, the Federal Reserve System was created as President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act.
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In suing Facebook this past week, the Federal Trade Commission cited a “yearslong course of anticompetitive conduct.” The FTC wants the company to divest Instagram and WhatsApp, two acquisitions that the commission signed off on years ago. Facebook called the effort “revisionist history” and said that it would send a “chilling warning to American business that no sale is ever final.”
Don’t feel too bad for corporate deal makers, though. Investment bankers are a hearty bunch who have persevered for decades. Even after the FTC.
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Will the FTC’s Suit Against Facebook Stifle M&A? Probably Not.
One of Georgia’s most powerful Republican lawmakers wants the General Assembly to pick the state’s chief election official instead of voters following backlash over the 2020 presidential election.
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, said Thursday he’ll seek a constitutional amendment in the upcoming legislative session that starts next month to let state lawmakers appoint Georgia’s secretary of state.
Ralston said his decision comes amid a flood of complaints from his North Georgia constituents over Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s handling of the presidential election. He cited Tennessee, Maine and New Hampshire as states where the legislature chooses the election chief.
ATLANTA â One of Georgiaâs most powerful Republican lawmakers wants the General Assembly to pick the stateâs chief election official instead of voters following backlash over the 2020 presidential election.
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, said heâll seek a constitutional amendment in the upcoming legislative session that starts next month to let state lawmakers appoint Georgiaâs secretary of state.
Ralston said his decision comes amid a flood of complaints from his north Georgia constituents over Secretary of State Brad Raffenspergerâs handling of the presidential election. He cited Tennessee, Maine and New Hampshire as states where the legislature chooses the election chief.