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Yahoo Finance: Scott Rostan “Aspirin Inventor, Bayer, considers bid for GMO giant, Monsanto”

Stocks (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC) are adding toWednesday’s losses as crude oil punches through to new highs for the year. Health care (XLV) is leading the way south, while materials (XLB) are still in the green. We’ll have a deep dive on the issues with Stephen Guilfoyle, managing director of Floor Operations for Deep Value Execution Services, live […]

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Columbia Lions: Interview Fish Bowl and Training the Street’s Programs Highlight Enrichment Services’ Spring Events

http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210928008&DB_OEM_ID=9600 NEW YORK – Columbia Athletics’ Office of Enrichment Services hosts several programs throughout the academic year to prepare student-athletes for the world after college. This spring semester’s events were highlighted by the Interview Fish Bowl on February 9 and and the inaugural Training the Street Program in late February. The second annual Columbia Athletics […]

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Yahoo Movies: Scott Rostan “Comcast buying DreamWorks Animation for about $3.55B”

NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast is buying DreamWorks Animation, the film company behind the “Shrek,” ”Madagascar” and “Kung Fu Panda” franchises, for approximately $3.55 billion, strengthening its presence in the important and growing business of children’s entertainment. DreamWorks stockholders will receive $41 for each share they own. That’s a 24 percent premium to the company’s […]

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USA Today: Scott Rostan “Canadian Pacific ends attempt to take over Norfolk Southern”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/04/11/canadian-pacific-railway-norfolk-southern/82884876/ by Nathan Bomey Canadian Pacific Railway’s bid to acquire fellow rail giant Norfolk Southern came to an abrupt end Monday following months of contentious back-and-forth squabbling and heightened scrutiny from the Obama administration on anti-trust issues. Canadian Pacific said in a statement that it would no longer pursue the takeover, which it had proposed publicly […]

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Bloomberg: Scott Rostan “From Banker to Teacher to… Something in Between”

by Alex Sherman http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-30/deal-of-the-week-from-banker-to-teacher-to-something-in-between Scott Rostan used to be a mergers & acquisitions banker for Merrill Lynch. Then he was a high school teacher. He eventually found a happy medium training bankers and business school students how to do their jobs. He founded Training The Street in 1999, signing up bulge-bracket banks and universities as […]

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Investor’s Business Daily: Scott Rostan “Yahoo Stock Keeps Climbing On Sale Talk, Alibaba Buyback Chatter”

By Michele Chandler http://www.investors.com/news/technology/list-of-yahoo-suitors-gets-longer-stock-up-on-price-target-boost/  Yahoo (YHOO) stock climbed for the fifth straight trading day on Tuesday amid chatter that China e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (BABA) might buy back the valuable stake Yahoo now holds in it, according to a media report. Rumors that Alibaba might buy back its stake from Yahoo have emerged before, although […]

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Investor’s Business Daily: Scott Rostan “List Of Yahoo Suitors Gets Longer; Stock Up On Price-Target Boost”

By Michele Chandler http://www.investors.com/news/technology/list-of-yahoo-suitors-gets-longer-stock-up-on-price-target-boost/  A takeout seems inevitable for troubled Web portal Yahoo (YHOO), which is seeing its core business continue to weaken, according to a report on Monday by Mizuho. The Japanese bank handed Yahoo a price-target boost in anticipation of an acquisition, and Yahoo stock rose. Mizuho raised its price target on Yahoo […]

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International Business Times: Scott Rostan “Wall Street Says Yahoo Inc. Is Worthless. So Why Are 7 Companies Scrambling To Buy It?”

BY LUKE VILLAPAZ If you ask Wall Street, Yahoo Inc. is virtually worthless. But as the ailing web portal puts itself up for sale, at least seven major companies are vying to buy it, possibly for as much as $4 billion. Why? Deep in its garage-sale pile of unprofitable investments and slow-growth content properties, Yahoo has […]

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