Sing Along With Ernst & YoungFINANCE
• So does your company have a lame, embarrassing theme song? It does if it’s Ernst & Young. [DealBreaker]
• A Banc of America analyst wrote reports on top pharma companies without talking to corporate management. So is he lazy or forward-thinking? [NYP]
• Perella Weinberg Partners has raised $1.1 billion and hired 22 recognizable partners. But in eighteen months, the firm has yet to make a big deal. [NYT]
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