Coupa execs on Monday confirmed it bought Yapta for about $100 million, but said the new property would underperform relative to original expectations. Wex acquired fellow payments firm eNett at what one analyst called a “steep” multiple. Recent acquisition activity is far from the only thing that looks upside-down in the new environment. Forecasting is virtually impossible. Publicly traded companies...

David Jonas in 2006 co-founded business media firm ProMedia.travel after ten years as a journalist with Business Travel News. David rejoined BTN in 2010 as executive editor when its parent company acquired ProMedia, and in 2014 co-created The Company Dime. David has a bachelor's degree in communications from Cornell University.