24 Feb
News, Bloomberg

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

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...

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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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02 Jan
News

Proformative: Robert Rostan “Trading Places, How to Carry Over Your Finance Skills to Another Industry”

  http://www.proformative.com/articles/trading-places-how-carry-over-your-finance-skills-another-industry Sheryl Nance-Nash Robert Rostan wanted something different. He was the director of financial reporting at Sonic Automotive, an $8 billion public specialty retailer, but in 2006, he joined his brother’s company, Training The Street (TTS) a corporate training provider for Wall Street firms and business schools. Today, as the CFO and principal of TTS, Rostan spends...

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28 Aug
News

International Business Times: Wall Street Hiring Sentiment Picks Up Gradually – MBA Graduates Survey

http://www.ibtimes.com/wall-street-hiring-sentiment-picks-gradually-mba-graduates-survey-1395553 By Nat Rudarakanchana Hiring sentiment on Wall Street is apparently picking up again, after years of gloomy job prospects during the financial crisis, according to a survey of 200 MBA students and graduates released Thursday. Investment banks and consulting firms in particular are offering candidates more rounds of interviews, and many candidates...

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28 Aug
News, Financial Times

Financial Times: Scott Rostan on “MBA graduates see a rise in jobs on Wall Street”

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/41b33b02-0b47-11e3-bffc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2cibdXxGS By Della Bradshaw Those graduating with MBA degrees from US business schools this summer saw a rise in job offers from Wall Street firms, particularly the investment banks. Indeed, MBA candidates often received multiple job offers in the finance sector, according to the latest annual survey from Training The Street (TTS), a corporate training...

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