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http://www.investors.com/news/technology/twitter-sale-finally-here-google-salesforce-com-could-bid-report/ By Michael Krey Twitter (TWTR) stock was soaring in midday trading Friday after CNBC and the Financial Times reported the company could soon receive takeover bids. CNBC said Google owner Alphabet (GOOGL) and Salesforce.com (CRM) are among companies interested in buying the microblog, which has struggled to recharge user growth. Twitter stock...

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by Soyoung Ho August 15, 2016, will be an important date for the PCAOB because the comments are due on a proposal that includes a requirement for audit firms to disclose their length of service with public company clients. If the PCAOB can meet its schedule, the board may be able to...

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http://www.businessinsider.com/where-mbas-want-to-work-2016-6 Portia Crowe and Andy Kiersz More than a quarter of business school students want to work for large investment banks, but increasingly more MBAs are setting their sights on startups, too. That's according to an annual survey from Training The Street, which provides financial training courses to students and professionals. It asked 293...

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-banks-mbas-idUSKCN0Z72QB BY OLIVIA ORAN Wall Street banks remain the employers of choice for new business school graduates, despite competition for talent from Silicon Valley, hedge funds and private equity firms, according to a study released on Tuesday. More than a quarter of those surveyed by Wall Street training firm Training The Street said...

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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/training-the-street-mba-employment-survey-banks-remain-top-employment-destination-for-mbas-300287774.html -Survey Finds Slight Decline in Starting Salaries Despite Strong Hiring Numbers- MBA students and graduates are receiving multiple job offers and feel confident in their employment prospects in a competitive recruiting environment, according to the seventh annual MBA Employment Survey conducted by Training The Street (TTS), the leading corporate training provider...

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http://www.ai-cio.com/channel/Manager-Selection/Hedge-Funds-Scorned-by-MBAs/ by Amy Whyte An increasing number of business school students are aspiring to private equity jobs, while few seek out roles at hedge funds. It’s not just investors who are pulling away from hedge funds—business school graduates are opting out of the industry as well. Roughly 5% of current MBA students surveyed by Training the Street...

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