Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

The Highlights and Lowlights of the Financial Crisis Hearings

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, William Black, Lehman Brothers, Bill Thomas, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Permanent-Subcommittee-on-Investigations, Richard Fuld, Fannie Mae, Alan Greenspan, Phil Angelides, Slidepollajax, Brooksley Born, Citigroup, Business News

Over the last year and a half, Congressional committees and bipartisan panels like the Financial Crisis Inquiry Comission (FCIC) charged with investig...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Goldman Sachs Emails: Firm Traded Against Clients, Profited Off Their Losses, And Spread 'Poison Throughout System'

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs, The Financial Fix, Carl Levin, Permanent-Subcommittee-on-Investigations, Goldman Sachs Fraud, SEC Goldman Sachs, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Video, Business News

This story was updated at 7:10 p.m. ET with comment from Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs put its own interests ahead of its clients in trying to profit ...

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Goldman Mortgage Traders Bet On Burger-Eating Contests

Wall Street Journal | By KATE KELLY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Subprime Mortgages, Permanent-Subcommittee-on-Investigations, Goldman Sachs Email, Financial Reform, Goldman Sachs Fraud, Goldman Sachs Emails, Financial Crisis, Business News

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s mortgage traders, under the spotlight because of the U.S. government's fraud lawsuit against the securities firm, made mark...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Goldman Sachs Emails: Firm Had 'The Big Short' As Economy Fell

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Subprime Mortgages, The Financial Fix, Goldman Sachs Fraud, Financial Reform, Permanent-Subcommittee-on-Investigations, Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs Emails, Carl Levin, Goldman Sachs Email, Goldman Emails, Video, Business News

As homeowners were falling behind on their subprime mortgages, wreaking havoc for investors that owned slices of their mortgages in securities peddled...

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Goldman CEO to Testify Before Senate: AP Source

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Associated Press, Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Securities and Exchange Commission, Permanent-Subcommittee-on-Investigations, Business News

NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs is taking its fight against a government civil fraud case to Capitol Hill. Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein will testify be...

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Thrift Supervision Regulators Ignored Risks At WaMu, Says Senate Panel

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal bank regulators failed to stop shoddy lending and excessive risk-taking at Washington Mutual Inc. for years because they we...

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The Crassest Generation

Charles Kolb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Greatest Generation, Goldman Sachs, John Whitehead, Carl Levin, Permanent-Subcommittee-on-Investigations, Business News
Charles Kolb

The four Goldman Sachs executives who testified before Senator Levin's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations were striking in many respects, but one thing was apparent before they opened their mouths: their relative youth.

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