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The Unseen Hand: Tariffs and Their Profound Consequences on Mergers & Acquisitions

MergersCorp M&A International

Valuation models, which are typically built on projections of future earnings and cash flows, must be meticulously re-evaluated to account for these increased costs. Sellers will often try to carve out general economic or geopolitical events from MAC definitions, but specific tariff impacts can be harder to exclude.

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Investing Principles: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Wins, Losses, and Strikeouts

Mergers and Inquisitions

Contributions: Yes, contribute to your investment accounts regularly out of your paychecks or profits, but build a 1-year cash reserve first (you could shorten this if its unrealistically high). I’d be in a much stronger position today if I had simply contributed X% each month consistently to my brokerage accounts since 2010.

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The Collision Vision: Supporting Employee Health with Richie Seaberry | Saftey First

Focus Investment Banking

So, you know, those are two very important big life events that are tied to your employer providing those to you. You know, most people in between the ages of 25 and 35, that’s when they’re going to have some type of significant health care event. And that could be anything from pregnancy to, you know, getting a scary mole.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

Recruiting is straightforward and much less competitive / time-sensitive than IB roles; you can get in coming from a solid-but-not-top-tier university with decent grades and good accounting knowledge. You need to know about accounting and the financial statements in all these roles, but that’s the main similarity.

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How India’s Busiest QSRs Are Quietly Fixing Their Most Chaotic Hour

Razorpay

The real challenge of scale isnt paymentits accountability Talk to any mid-sized QSR operatorespecially one running more than five outletsand a consistent theme emerges: reconciliation pain. With the rise of open-air kiosks, express food courts, and outdoor events, QSRs increasingly need devices that travel with staffnot the other way around.

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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

In equity research, the goal is to get clients to pay for the teams research consistently , but revenue does not depend on deals or other specific events. Also, interviewers could go into more depth on accounting and valuation and ask about nuances that many bankers skip or dont fully understand (e.g.,

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

Technology & Services: This one includes any company that is built on top of sports, such as firms in the gambling, data/analytics, software, and live event sectors. Is it suddenly popular among a certain demographic due to recent events or player relationships (e.g., How many live viewers does the average game have?