14 Jun
Bloomberg, News

Bloomberg: Scott Rostan “OpenTable’s High Premium Boosts Yelp to GrubHub”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-13/opentable-gets-top-internet-premium-since-2007-real-m-a.html By Tara Lachapelle and Brooke Sutherland What do OpenTable Inc. (OPEN), Uber Technologies Inc. and WhatsApp Inc. have in common besides sky-high valuations? Look it up on your phone. The 53 percent premium Priceline Group Inc. is wooing OpenTable shareholders with tops any other large takeover of an Internet stock in North America since...

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12 Jun
Bloomberg, News

Bloomberg: Scott Rostan “Real M&A: JBS’s Remaining Targets Lack Hillshire Appeal”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-12/jbs-s-remaining-targets-lack-hillshire-appeal-real-m-a.html  By Brooke Sutherland JBS SA (JBSS3) is running out of consolation prizes. The Brazilian meat producer’s latest attempt at a major deal was quashed this week when Tyson Foods Inc. won the bidding war for Hillshire Brands Co. (HSH) with a record premium for the food industry. Last year, JBS was preparing...

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18 Mar
News

Crain’s: Scott Rostan “M.B.A.s flock to tech scene”

Traditional Wall Street jobs aren't the sure thing they used to be for some graduates. http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140318/NONPROFITS/303169997/-education-report-m-b-a-s-flock-to-tech-scene# By Eilene Zimmerman Kelly Goldston didn't make a beeline for an investment bank or consulting firm like many M.B.A.s when she graduated last May from New York University's Stern School of Business. Instead, she took a job...

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24 Feb
Bloomberg, News

Bloomberg: Chirag Saraiya on “Herbalife Ripens for Suitors Dismissing Ackman: Real M&A”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-24/herbalife-ripens-for-suitors-dismissing-ackman-real-m-a.html By Brooke Sutherland and Duane D. Stanford For suitors willing to bet Bill Ackman is wrong, Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) is a prime candidate for a buyout. Ackman’s assertions that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme pit him against company backers including Carl Icahn and Bill Stiritz, chairman of Post Holdings Inc. Stiritz, the fourth-largest holder, said last year he’d support...

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11 Feb
News

Training The Street Offically Launches Law Firm Practice Group

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101407124 -- Financial Learning Service Provider Uses Wall Street’s Tools for Legal Clients -- NEW YORK, February 11, 2014 – Training The Street (TTS), a leading corporate training provider for the top Wall Street firms and business schools, officially announced today the launch of its law firm practice group. Adapting TTS’s coursework...

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07 Feb
News

CFO Magazine: Scott Rostan on “CVS Jettisons a Cash Cow”

http://www.cfo.com/risk-management/2014/02/cvs-jettisons-cash-cow/ Marielle Segarra On Wednesday, CVS Caremark announced that it would stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products, a segment worth $2 billion in annual sales. Much has been written about the decision, which CVS says will erase 17 cents in from its earnings per share annually. Why would it make this kind of...

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06 Feb
News, Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal: Scott Rostan “Reaching the Top Ranks of Blackstone Without an M.B.A.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/01/31/reaching-the-top-ranks-of-blackstone-without-an-m-b-a/  By Mike Spector Real-estate guru Jonathan Gray heads Blackstone’s largest business, chairs the board of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., just became a billionaire on paper and is in line to one day run the world’s largest private-equity firm. But he’s also notable for something he doesn’t have: an M.B.A. The 43-year-old Gray, who...

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