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 industries […]

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/wall-street-turns-to-boot-camps-to-bring-new-workers-up-to-speed/ By Lynnley Browning Newly minted university graduates who have landed coveted jobs on Wall Street may have impressive résumés and sought-after references. But often, nuts-and-bolts skills like spreadsheet building and database extraction are not part of university curriculums. When millions of dollars can be won or lost on one calculation, firms are finding it […]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-24/saks-at-priciest-means-kkr-mulls-neiman-merger-real-m-a.html By Brooke Sutherland & Tara Lachapelle  KKR & Co. (KKR), the buyout firm weighing an investment in Saks Inc., may need to get creative to extract more value from what’s already the most expensive U.S. department-store stock. Saks, which is exploring options including a sale, surged this week to the highest level since 2008 after Bloomberg News reported that KKR is […]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-21/yahoo-s-dot-com-premium-for-tumblr-tests-mayer-real-m-a.html By Tara Lachapelle Marissa Mayer is buying companies like it’s 1999. The Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) chief executive officer yesterday announced the company will acquire blogging network Tumblr Inc., part of a plan to restore the Web portal to its heyday as an Internet darling. With $13 million in sales last year, Tumblr’s $1.1 billion […]

Young people have many romantic notions about their first jobs. Perhaps the most poignant misconception is that employers will invest time in developing their skills. By Laura Vanderkam FORTUNE — Young people have many romantic notions about their first jobs — what they’ll be paid, what they’ll do. But perhaps the most poignant misconception is […]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2013/05/01/bond-investors-line-up-for-a-parking-spot-in-apple-debt/ Steve Schaefer Apple launched its first debt offering in almost 20 years Tuesday and by all accounts demand for the new six-part issuance was so robust the iPhone-maker will pay interest rates near or below Corporate America’s lowest. The company reportedly raised $17 billion in a heavily-oversubscribed offering, with all six tranches at narrow spreads to […]

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 industry can now […]

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http://www.complianceweek.com/kpmg-fires-engagement-partner-fingered-in-insider-trading-scandal/article/288189/ Tammy Whitehouse Officials at KPMG and Skechers USA Inc. have fingered Scott London as the engagement audit partner at the center of an insider trading scandal that has put two companies in a scramble to find a new audit firm and has rocked the highest ranks of the audit profession. Skechers and Herbalife Ltd. […]

By Tara Lachapelle, Brooke Sutherland & Miles Weiss Blackstone Group LP (BX) and Carl Icahn’s bids for Dell Inc. (DELL) are employing a rarely used deal tactic that has yielded both big payouts and big losses for shareholders. The offers allowing investors to retain stock in the floundering personal-computer maker may help them win over shareholders like Southeastern Asset Management Inc., who want […]