FRI · SEP 18

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The daily Wall Street recruiting brief. Five minutes of market context, the storylines worth repeating in interviews, and the framing that turns a headline into an answer.

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Stories worth repeating.

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Deal of the Week

Salesforce acquires Informatica for $11.7 billion

Deal Size$11.7B

What happened. Salesforce agreed to buy Informatica to strengthen the data layer underneath its AI products and enterprise workflow stack.

Why it matters. This is strategic infrastructure M&A. Salesforce is buying the connective tissue that makes its AI products more useful inside large enterprises.

How to talk about it. Frame the deal as a control premium for distribution and data access, not simply a spreadsheet return exercise.

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