http://www.law360.com/articles/452846/regulators-have-few-tools-to-rein-in-bank-consultants By Evan Weinberger New York's top financial regulator on Monday pushed his federal counterparts to claw back compensation for bank consultants and limit their power to get new business if they perform shoddy work, but analysts say regulators may not have the necessary reach to crack down on the compliance consulting industry. In...

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/144f634c-d5dd-11e2-a46c-00144feab7de.html#ixzz2X8qRPO4s By Della Bradshaw Ever since the crisis of 2008, and the realisation that many of those implicated in the meltdown were ignorant of the risks they were taking, financial training has been high on the agenda for banking professionals. Now, in a bid to restore public confidence in banks and banking, business...

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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/wall-street-turns-to-boot-camps-to-bring-new-workers-up-to-speed/ By Lynnley Browning Newly minted university graduates who have landed coveted jobs on Wall Street may have impressive résumés and sought-after references. But often, nuts-and-bolts skills like spreadsheet building and database extraction are not part of university curriculums. When millions of dollars can be won or lost on one calculation, firms are...

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-24/saks-at-priciest-means-kkr-mulls-neiman-merger-real-m-a.html By Brooke Sutherland & Tara Lachapelle  KKR & Co. (KKR), the buyout firm weighing an investment in Saks Inc., may need to get creative to extract more value from what’s already the most expensive U.S. department-store stock. Saks, which is exploring options including a sale, surged this week to the highest level since 2008 after Bloomberg News reported that...

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-21/yahoo-s-dot-com-premium-for-tumblr-tests-mayer-real-m-a.html By Tara Lachapelle Marissa Mayer is buying companies like it’s 1999. The Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) chief executive officer yesterday announced the company will acquire blogging network Tumblr Inc., part of a plan to restore the Web portal to its heyday as an Internet darling. With $13 million in sales last year, Tumblr’s...

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2013/05/01/bond-investors-line-up-for-a-parking-spot-in-apple-debt/ Steve Schaefer Apple launched its first debt offering in almost 20 years Tuesday and by all accounts demand for the new six-part issuance was so robust the iPhone-maker will pay interest rates near or below Corporate America’s lowest. The company reportedly raised $17 billion in a heavily-oversubscribed offering, with all six tranches at narrow...

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