Demand seen promising for Dunkin’ IPO

By Matt Andrejczak, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Demand is seen as promising for shares of the initial public offering from Dunkin’ Brands Group, owner of the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee chain and Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores. Dunkin’, which opened its first shop in 1950 and is now in countries as far from...

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Private Equity Paying More for Less Experienced Analysts

By Kyle Stock Another sign that heady days are back on Wall Street: Private-equity firms are raiding investment banks for relatively inexperienced analysts. Buyout companies have long poached hires from two-year analyst programs at bulge-bracket banks. This year, the hiring is occurring more rapidly, according to private-equity and investment-bank recruiters. Candidates...

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Rostan Says LinkedIn, Yandex ‘Extremely Well Positioned’ Scott Rostan, Washington Post

The Washington Post with Bloomberg Rostan Says LinkedIn, Yandex  'Extremely Well Positioned' With Sara Li from "First Up" Video: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/rostan-says-linkedin-yandex-extremely-well-positioned/2011/05/24/AFHtyqAH_video.html Rostan Says LinkedIn, Yandex `Extremely Well Positioned' May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Scott Rostan, a former M&A banker at Merrill Lynch & Co. and now president of Training the Street, talks about global initial public offerings....

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