By Gillian Tan and Liz Hoffman http://online.wsj.com/articles/bankers-lament-loss-of-code-names-for-deals-1409279749  Bankers Enjoy Coining Monikers to Keep Mergers Quiet; Software Threatens the Fun "Project Swift" sounds like the name of a military invasion or an Olympic marathoner's training plan. But it is actually the code name for a corporate buyout, inspired by a private-equity associate's fondness for...

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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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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324423904578525431344927240.html More Industries Pick From the Summer Talent, Raising the Stakes By MELISSA KORN Internship season is under way, and unless business students are already spending the summer with their dream employer, a full-time offer may be out of reach. Banks and consulting firms have long funneled interns into full-time roles, but companies in other...

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http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130423-910440.html Fundamental Subject for Finance Professionals is Another Addition to TTS's Growing Library NEW YORK/PRNewswire/ -- Training The Street (TTS), a leading corporate training provider for the majority of Wall Street firms and top business schools, today released their Relative Valuation Course Pack as a self-study product. Students and professionals in the financial...

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Wall Street Journal By: Melissa Korn Job Prospects Improve for MBA Students More recruiters are looking to hire newly minted M.B.A.s this spring, building on gains made with last year's graduating class. Overall, 79% of companies plan to hire M.B.A.s from the class of 2012, according to a Graduate Management Admission Council survey of...

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By Lynn Cowan - As a businessman who founded and sold one technology company, then headed another, Frank Fawzi believed he could solve almost any problem. That was before he entered the IPO market, attempting to take his company public. As he and other executives have learned on the IPO trail this...

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MARCH 2, 2012, 3:21 PM By Steven Russolillo and Lynn Cowan - Scott Rostan quoted Yelp shares have been scorching all day long without showing any sign of losing momentum. The big question now, however, is whether the company’s one-day pop proves to be sustainable. The stock shot up more than 60% minutes after...

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