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https://nypost.com/2018/07/23/top-mba-graduates-are-leaving-other-job-hunters-in-the-dust/ By Kevin Dugan There’s a growing class divide on Wall Street. The brightest MBA graduates this year from the most elite schools scored multiple top-shelf job offers of about $125,000 — while middle-of-the-pack grads got relative crumbs, a Wall Street salary survey expected out Monday reveals. In addition, the leaders of the MBA class...

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Girls Who Invest and Training The Street Partner to Enhance Opportunities for Young Women Entering the Asset Management Industry Female scholars to participate in financial modeling workshops to prepare for Wall Street careers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Girls Who Invest, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in portfolio management and...

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Disney wants Fox to help it kill Netflix. But what exactly does Comcast want with Fox? Late last year, when Disney made its bold attempt to acquire a suite of 21st Century Fox assets, its motivation seemed crystal clear: It wanted to bolster its collection of intellectual property for its coming direct-to-consumer streaming...

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https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/articles/2018-04-20/what-it-takes-to-get-accepted-at-a-top-mba-program MBA admissions officers at top b-schools say the key trait they look for is leadership potential. By Ilana Kowarski When prestigious MBA programs choose students, academic performance is an important factor, but it is not the only factor, according to MBA admissions officers. Because business schools are professional schools designed to prepare students to thrive in the business...

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David McCann https://www.cfo.com/accounting-tax/2018/04/cfo-one-day-classroom-instructor-the-next-robert-rostan/  When finance chief Robert Rostan senses burnout is around the corner, he has a built-in escape hatch: the classroom. Rostan is CFO of Training The Street, a company that provides financial education for employees of banks, primarily, but also law, accounting, private equity, and asset management firms. It offers programs...

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https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/investing/T052-S001-10-tech-funds-faang-stocks/index.html By Michael Foster Does “FOMO” – fear of missing out – have you down? If you’re in the stock market but too scared of tech stocks, you might be feeling a twinge of regret right now. The famous FAANG stocks – Facebook (FB), Amazon.com (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Netflix (NFLX) and Google parent...

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