An Oops for Goldman Sachs in Its Advice on Vista-Tibco Merger (Dealbook article)

The short of it is that the shares were double counted, which led to a deal that was worth $100 million more than it should have been. I'm sweating just thinking about making a mistake like that in a model.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/an-oops-for-goldman-sachs-in-its…

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