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Re:How Wall Street recruits so many Ivy League grads by ForHackernews on Friday May 16, 2014 @11:56PM (#7759180)
> Mergers and divestitures are fragile things

Why is that the case? Is it just human nature and people are weird and illogical?

It seems to me like if a deal makes business sense at Friday at 11:30 pm, it will still make financial sense next Tuesday at 10:30 am.

Re:How Wall Street recruits so many Ivy League grads by rayiner on Saturday May 17, 2014 @11:05AM (#7760316)
I imagine at least one major problem is avoiding a bidding war by competing buyers.