By Julie Steinberg M.B.A. students are still anxious to join the finance industry and more willing to consider jobs at boutique advisory firms and middle market investment banks, according to a new survey. When asked what type of firm would be their top employment choice, 27% of students said large financial institutions,...

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Survey: MBA Hiring Remains Strong Despite Downtick in Student Optimism  -- Bulge Bracket Banks Still Top Choice For MBA’s -- NEW YORK, JUNE 26, 2012/PRNewswire – The vast majority of MBA graduates are still receiving competitive job offers, despite their increasing concerns about employment prospects. That's one of the key findings of...

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June 20, 2012 Della Bradshaw: FT Business Education Editor On the panel are: Scott Rostan: founder of Training The Street. Scott began his professional career as an analyst with Merrill Lynch´s M&A group in New York. After gaining transactional experience in a broad range of industries and with a wide spectrum of clients,...

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By Della Bradshaw The crisis of 2008 and 2009 both posed a problem and created an opportunity for business schools and financial training companies. On the one hand, the top US MBA programmes were castigated because they educated some of the most powerful people in the banking industry, blamed for the crisis....

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Best Time for Best Buy Bid Now as Founder Exits: Real M&A June 10, 2012 By Tara Lachapelle and Chris Burritt There’s never been a cheaper time for private-equity firms to gamble on Best Buy Co. (BBY) (BBY), with founder Richard Schulze’s 20 percent stake up for grabs and the electronics retailer near...

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Bloomberg - FacebookPriced for Perfection Rostan Says May 18Bloomberg Scott ... Facebook `Priced for Perfection,' Rostan Says:May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Scott Rostan, chief executive officer of Training The Street... www.ustream.tv/recorded/22679104

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Joe Zirpolo Fordham Graduate School of Business Administration has awarded Joe Zirpolo the  Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence.  This annual award is given to the adjunct faculty member whose exceptional performance and teaching warrant extraordinary recognition. This honorable acknowledgment is made possible by the graduating students at Fordham Graduate School of Business...

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