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+6 RBS Bonuses 6 16y
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+47 BREAKING: Goldman Charged with Fraud 67 16y
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0 Day in the life of execution banker? 1 16y
+74 Michael Moore - Capitalism 87 16y
0 Macabacus Self-Study Help Guide 3 16y
+53 Financial reform bill will destroy big banks 63 16y
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+5 Wealthiest / Richest Fictional Characters You'd Want to Be? 41 16y
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+18 You notice a mistake... 12 16y
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+20 Employment opp with a degree in econ from UCSD 8 16y
0 allnighters --> collapse --> hospital 6 16y
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+14 Strange multiple and debt in acquisitions? 6 16y
+17 Goldman Responds to SEC 7 16y
+31 Goldman? Pfff, Here Are The Real Threats 2 16y
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0 Help with internship issues 1 16y
0 Operational Risk or Corporate Treasury internship? 3 16y
0 UK general election; who should get the banker vote? 11 16y
0 Determining Assumed Liabilities or Debt, to calculate deal comp EV or TV 0 16y
0 Advice Pls! 4 16y
+28 Do you typically owe taxes as an analyst? 19 16y
0 Fraud Is In the Air 6 16y
0 NOL Utilization 1 16y
0 My one shot at high finance. 5 16y
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0 College Choice 23 16y
0 BoA's Real Estate banking group culture 3 16y
0 GPA/Exit Opps 1 16y
+13 Is Banking Less or More Stressful if You Come in Straight As An Associate? 6 16y
+33 Banker Sports: Phil Takes Home the Green Jacket 18 16y
0 Corporate finance practices at MBB [Moved from Consulting] 3 16y
+31 Bringing in Deals as an Analyst 20 16y
0 After Signing Contract 5 16y
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0 Banking Imperfections Galore!!! 5 16y
0 GMAT before starting as 1st year? 9 16y
0 FIG hours 2 16y
0 Where do you expect 1st associate salalries/bonuses to be in 2011 4 16y
0 FBR Capital Markets Superday 11 16y
+22 How does group placement day works at a BB?? 35 16y
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0 Moody's/S&P corporate finance 2 16y
0 Will this kill my chances? 14 16y
+25 Anyone here familiar with current pay level at HK IBD? 27 16y
+24 Criminal Background 17 16y
0 Study Abroad Senior Year Spring & IB 1 16y
0 Transaction Type? 11 16y
+21 Analyst & Modeling in M&A/LBO/etc 8 16y
+11 cold email vs cold mailing 10 16y
+27 Background Check Paranoia 30 16y
0 Series 7-BAML 5 16y
0 April Fool's Day trick on your fellow analysts. 7 16y
+25 How to deal with this situation? 18 16y
+16 Restructuring at a Bulge 26 16y
0 IB Training on Resume? 8 16y
0 Help, which is better for FT Ibd recruiting? 4 16y
+64 Bonus Figures for More Senior Guys 34 16y
0 Fortune 500 Corporate Finance Exit Opporunity Pay 2 16y
+5 Monday Webinar: Women in Finance (10AM EDT) 1 16y
0 Minority Interest Provision & Income from Uncons Entities 0 16y
+28 No Day Care at Goldman? 11 16y
0 Wall Street Prep Self Study 5 16y
0 MBA, MSC Finance, MSC Management... Exit Ops? 1 16y
0 Deducting meal expenses for tax purposes? 2 16y
0 Ernst & Young Pointing Fingers 2 16y
0 Looking for a thread - the one about not being able to achieve your dream 2 16y
0 Confronting banking fees? 0 16y
0 Including only 3rd and 4th year undergrad GPA? 2 16y
+5 Difference between Refinancing, Restructuring and Recapitalization? 1 16y
0 Base Salary (IBD)? 4 16y
+1 Excel Question - help - nested IF function 1 16y
0 Advice Wanted to Break into Banking During Fall Recruiting 2 16y
0 Top B-School my best option? 0 16y
0 OPT Question 1 16y
0 Consultant with Equity Research interview 1 16y
0 Pro Forma Income Statements/Balance sheets 10 16y
0 BAML global head leveraged finance 0 16y
0 Are bankers really anal about how old your Blackberry is? 11 16y
0 Summer Sublets in Manhattan 4 16y
0 The Bullpen Report - Where are the founders? 0 16y
0 Role of margins in the DCF valuation process? 1 16y
0 why Repo 105 a big deal? 4 16y
0 How often to email an employer about an interview? 6 16y
0 Best Bank / group for Hybrids 3 16y
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