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Goldman Sachs Settlement: A Reader's Outrage

Iris Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iris Mack

Seems almost everyone I talk to these days is very outraged over the corruption in the financial system.

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Don't Let Goldman Sachs Off the Hook

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zach Carter

We want Fed money to be fueling business and consumer lending -- we don't want it to be encouraging gambling in the securities and derivatives casinos.

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Goldman Sachs Clears the Air

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raymond J. Learsy

Why exactly is Goldman permitted to be classified as a 'bank holding company,' enjoying all the benefits and access to government programs that such categorization entails without upholding its societal responsibility?

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'Volcker Rule': Goldman Sachs And Others Could Lose Their Bank Status

ft.com | Chrystia Freeland and Francesco Guerrera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Goldman Sachs and other banks should give up their bank status if they want to avoid the ban on proprietary trading proposed by the White House, Paul ...

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Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein: Our Employees Among The Most Productive In The World

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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For those concerned about how Goldman Sachs is set to bring in record-breaking profits while the broader economy remains downright stalled, there is o...

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2010 Will be Challenging for Goldman Sachs

Dear John Thain | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dear John Thain

Although it has survived the credit crisis, paid back the treasury in short order, and continues to make money, Goldman's future looks to be very rocky.

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Goldman Turns Into a Financial Frankenstein While the Fed Snoozes Away

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raymond J. Learsy

Goldman was not assisted by the government to become a voracious and even heftier investment bank. Rather, one can presume that the government's assistance was to prevent systemic failure.

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Goldman Sachs Vanity Fair Profile: Bank Can 'Practically Mint Money' And 'Never Loses'

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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In what constitutes a compendium of anti-Goldman Sachs charges, Vanity Fair's Bethany McLean has delivered some of the best reporting on the bank sinc...

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