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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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The “traditional M&A” was often driven by a desire to boost EPS (earnings per share), with companies seeking to combine assets with a similar business, merging with a business in a lower-tax jurisdiction, or looking to gain desirable assets owned by other businesses. Michael Bumkeun Cho, portfolio manager at Samsung Asset Management.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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Instead, it has now sold off its technology to Samsung, and has left the coupon industry trying to make something out of the new mobile couponing standard it helped to create. Title: Boston startup Besomebody, once featured on ‘Shark Tank,’ shuts down app. Product: Besomebody. Shaikh cited three reasons for the decision.

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