National Post: Scott Rostan in “Hunter Harrison is the key to Canadian Pacific Railway’s merger plan – and its potential flaw”

http://business.financialpost.com/news/transportation/hunter-harrison-is-the-key-to-canadian-pacific-railways-merger-plan-and-its-potential-flaw Kristine Owram, Financial Post Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s takeover bid for Norfolk Southern Corp. rests on the assumption that CEO Hunter Harrison is a railroading Midas who turns everything he touches into gold. But as the ancient myth moralizes, this blessing can quickly turn into a curse. When Hunter Harrison retired as...

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Bloomberg Business: Scott Rostan “Biggest LBO of Year Signals Appetite May Be Growing: Real M&A”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-13/biggest-lbo-of-year-signals-appetite-may-be-growing-real-m-a By Brooke Sutherland Carlyle Group LP’s $8 billion purchase of Symantec Corp.’s data-management business shows big buyouts can still happen. The deal announced Tuesday was the largest private-equity takeover of a U.S. company so far this year. It may not hold that title through December. While the purchase price is a far cry from...

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Training The Street Partners With Venture For America To Provide Financial Workshops To Hundreds Of Fellows

 Training The Street (TTS), the leading corporate training provider for Wall Street firms and top business schools, today announced its partnership with Venture for America (VFA), a non-profit organization that encourages entrepreneurship amongst college graduates to aid struggling cities across the U.S. This year’s full incoming class of 122 VFA...

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Poets & Quants: Scott Rostan “Banking Bounces Back: Starting MBA Salaries Rising”

http://poetsandquants.com/2015/06/27/google-most-popular-employer-for-mbas/3/ By Jeff Schmitt Banking is dead. Millennials would rather start their own businesses, critics say. They don’t want to work 80 hours in a burn out job. Of course, they’re looking to make a difference, not a fortune. At this rate, why would anyone want to go into banking? Three words: Money…power…access....

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