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Vatican Confirms: Goldman "Doing God's Work"

Tom Gregory | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Stock Market, Doing God's Work, The Vatican, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Goldman, Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, James Bond, Comedy News
Tom Gregory

L'Osservatore Romano is reporting that Goldman Sachs is indeed Doing God's work, and His Former Holiness Joseph Ratzinger has confirmed the unsolicited hostile takeover.

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Goldman Sachs Not Doing "God's Work," Says Satan

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Satan, Goldman Sachs, Andy Borowitz, God, Wall Street, God's Work, Wall Street Bonuses, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

While Satan said he was "delighted" by the bonuses being paid out to Wall Street executives this year, he was clearly miffed that his role in the financial firms' successes had been largely ignored.

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Goldman Sachs Doing "God's Work"?

Charles Gasparino | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Bailout, Bailout, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Goldman Sachs Bailout, Blankfein, Banks, Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs TARP, Goldman Sachs Profits, Goldman, Business News
Charles Gasparino

The only thing worse than Goldman Sachs amassing billions in bonus money for its executives, based on various government subsidies and bailout measures, is listening to it try to explain it all away.

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Banks' 2008 Stock Options Turning Out To Be Most Lucrative Payouts Ever

The New York Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Recovery, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Economy, Lloyd Blankfein, Obama, Compensation, Tim Geithner, Wells Fargo, White House, American Express, Finance, Treasury, JPMorgan Chase, Banks, Capital One, Ken Feinberg, Wall Street, Kenneth Feinberg, Wall Street Bonuses, Executive Pay, Citigroup, Business News

Banks cut bonuses last year and shifted more pay into stock and options from cash, a tactic that lawmakers supported for its emphasis on long-term per...

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Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein: "I'm Doing God's Work."

Times Online | John Arlidge | Posted 11.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Timothy Geithner, Goldman Sachs, Economy, Derivatives, Bailouts, Black Pools, Regulation, Credit Default Swaps, George Bush, Lloyd Blankfein, Policy, Goldman, London, Tim Geithner, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Henry Paulson, The City, Bailout, Barack Obama, Predatory Lending, Blankfein, Banks, Hank Paulson, Bonuses, Wall Street, Executive Pay, Business News

Goldman's reputation is suddenly as toxic as the credit default swaps and other inexplicably exotic financial instruments it used to buy with glee. Th...

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Goldman Sachs Alums Who've Held Top Government Positions "Long On Hubris," "Tarnished": Felix Salmon

Felix Salmon | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Jon Corzine, Lehman Brothers, Stephen Friedman, Christopher Cox, Hank Paulson, Robert Rubin, New York Fed, Business News

With Jon Corzine losing the governorship of New Jersey yesterday, it was yet another bad day for former heads of Goldman Sachs. It's worth running dow...

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John Varley Defends Bonuses: Profits Are "Not Satanic" Barclays CEO Tells London Church Crowd

Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Income Gap, Executive Pay, City Bonuses, Income Inequality, John Varley, London, Barclays, New York City, Goldman Sachs, Religion, Brian Griffiths, Christianity, Ceo, City Pay, Wall Street Bonuses, Wall Street Pay, Robert Shiller, Business News

The CEO of Britian's second-largest bank became the second of that nation's banking figures to make the case for profits in the house of god, defendin...

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The Secrets To Goldman Sachs' Success: Contrary Bets, Predatory Lending, Government Connections, Offshore Tax Havens

McClatchy | Greg Gordon | Posted 11.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Paulson, Regulation, Recession, Obama, Reform, Lloyd Blankfein, Mortgage Related Swaps, Mortgages, Goldman Sachs, Aig, Mississippi, Bailout, Predatory Lending, Securities Act of 1933, Blankfein, Hank Paulson, Foreclosure, Housing Crisis, Goldman Sachs Mortgage, Real Estate, Wall Street, Tax Havens, Housing Market, Blue Chips, Calpers, Derivatives, Moody's, Offshore, Tim Geithner, High Yield Bonds, Hedges, Barack Obama, Nyse, Cayman Islands, Banks, Sec, Subprime Mortgage, Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON -- In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but n...

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Jason Linkins

Goldman Sachs Gets Free Passes From The Press

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Economic Crisis, Media Criticism, Financial Crisis, Business News

Things are really looking up for Goldman Sachs! Earnings are up and bonuses are booming. And let's not overlook the value of some underreported commodities that the financial firm is trading on -- free passes from the press!

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Frank Rich: Goldman Can Spare You A Dime

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Timothy Geithner, Larry Summers, Economy, Barney Frank, Jobless, Regulation, Obama, Reform, Lloyd Blankfein, Frank Rich, Unemployment Rate, Goldman Sachs, White House, Jobless Rate, Bailout, Treasury, Blankfein, Wall Street, Health Care, Greed, Sec, Depression, Senate Finance Committee, Derivatives, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Goldman, Recession, Financial Services Committee, Health Care Reform, Bonuses, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

As leader of the Wall Street pack, Goldman declared surging profits, keeping it on track to dispense a record $23 billion in bonuses for 2009. But mos...

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Too Big To Fail: The Best Quotes From Andrew Ross Sorkin's Book (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Hank Paulson, Slidepoll, Stanley Druckenmiller, Jamie Dimon, Dick Fuld, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Gary Cohn, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Tim Geithner, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Financial Crisis, Wachovia, Business News

New York Times scribe Andrew Ross Sorkin's much-anticipated book Too Big To Fail may be the closest we'll ever get to being a fly on the wall during l...

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Goldman Sachs Profit Hits $3 Billion On Trading Gains

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Banks, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Goldman Sachs Profits, Business News

NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s third-quarter earnings more than tripled from the depths of the financial crisis as income from the compan...

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Goldman Sachs Bonuses: Columnist Says Analysts Predict $23 Billion Bonus Pool, Firm May Make Huge Donation

New York Times | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Citigroup, Finance, Blankfein, Executive Pay, Bonuses at Goldman Sachs, Bonuses, Geithner, Goldman Sachs, Paulson, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Ceo, 2009 Bonuses, Treasury, Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner, Executive Compensation, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Business News

By most analyst estimates, the annual bonus pool will swell to more than $23 billion. In its second quarter, Goldman disclosed it had put aside $11.4 ...

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Blankfein Interview: Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Says Firm Got No Special Treatment, Plans Bonuses For 2009

The Wall Street Journal | HOLMAN W. JENKINS JR. | Posted 10.11.2009 | Business

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Sitting across from me now in his comfortable office on the 30th floor of company headquarters in lower Manhattan, Goldman's CEO Lloyd Blankfein profe...

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Sorkin On What Happened After Lehman

Robert Teitelman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Enron, Geithner, Business, Wachovia, Great Panic of 2008, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Media Maneuvers, Investment Bank, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Robert Teitelman, Ben Bernanke, Tarp, Timothy, Business News
Robert Teitelman

New York Times' reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin's excerpt microscopically examines the actions of some key regulatory and Wall Street players, in this case during the period immediately after Lehman failed.

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Goldman Sachs To Be Paid $1 Billion If CIT Fails; Taxpayers Would Lose $2 Billion

Financial Times | By Henny Sender and Saskia Scholtes | Posted 10.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Chapter 11, Goldman Sachs, Credit Default Swaps, Finance, CIT Bankruptcy, Treasury, Cit, Timothy Geithner, Bankruptcy, Geithner, Lenders, Bailouts, Blankfein, Lloyd Blankfein, Business News

Goldman Sachs stands to receive a payment of $1bn -- while US taxpayers would lose $2.3bn -- if embattled commercial lender CIT files for Chapter 11 b...

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Goldman Sachs Bonuses: $16 Billion Pay Pool Leads To "Damage Control"

nypost.com | Mark DeCambre | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

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Goldman's bonus pool is expected to swell to an estimated $16 billion after what's expected to be another stellar quarter, and Blankfein is struggling...

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William Cohan: Bank Execs Got Rich On Bailouts With Stock Options

ft.com | William Cohan | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Lloyd Blankfein, Stock Options, Bank of America, Jamie Dimon, John Mack, Jmmorgan, Bank Execs, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bailout, Wall Street, Ken Lewis, Banks, Economic Growth, Business News

Few could argue with Barack Obama last week when the US president said Wall Street owed a debt of gratitude to taxpayers. Some of America's largest ba...

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Death Bonds: Watch Big Banks Make a Killing (Literally)

Sally Kohn | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Video, Bailout, Wall Street, Funny Videos, Death Bonds, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Capitalism, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Business News
Sally Kohn

Goldman Sachs and other bailed out banks are putting big bucks into death bonds. When their last sub-prime mortgage scam went bust, we lost our houses. This time, we'll lose our lives.

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TIFF Takeaway: America the Unbeautiful

Erica Abeel | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ricky Gervais, Steven Soderbergh, America's Executioners, Jason Reitman, Corporate Rot, Michael Moore, George Clooney, American Filmmakers, Michael Douglas, Balzac, Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

In past film fests, we could usually thank foreigners for savaging the U.S. But this time around, it's mostly American filmmakers whose spot-on critiques of the zeitgeist double as razor-sharp entertainment.

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Could We Expect Anything From the Pittsburgh Summit of the G-20?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Capital Ratio, Financial Reform, Bank of International Settlements, George W. Bush, New York Federal Reserve, Stimulus, Econommic Growth, Banking Lobbies, Barack Obama, Josef Ackermann, Nicolas Sarkozy, Emerging Markets, Investment Banks, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, G-20 Summit, Hedge Funds, Tim Geithner, Financial Crisis, Bill McDonough, Bonuses, World News
Georges Ugeux

Never was the G-20 intended to be anything else than a technical forum meeting twice a year. It has no power, no administration, let alone any authority.

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Goldman CEO Says Pay Backlash Is 'Appropriate'

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, CEO Pay, Executive Pay, Banker Bonuses, Wall Street Pay, Bank Pay, Clawback, Business News

WASHINGTON — After years spent raking in millions as a top executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Lloyd Blankfein said Wednesday that outsized b...

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Crash Of A Titan: The Inside Story Of Lehman Brothers' Fall

The Independent | Stephen Foley | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Fed, Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Paulson, Finance, Bankruptcy, Wall Street, Banks, Lehman Brothers, Bernanke, Economy, Home News

One year ago, the assembled brains of the Fed and Wall Street sealed the fate of one of its oldest banks. In this gripping account of that weekend las...

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Goldman Sachs Wives Forced To Wait, Cause Scene In Hamptons: NY Post

New York Post | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Richard Friedman, Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Wives, Laura Blankfein, Susan Friedman, Business News

GOLDMAN Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein has warned his employees to avoid high-profile spending, as The Post reported -- but his wife evidently didn't get ...

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Goldman Sachs CEO Says Bank Was Never In Danger During Financial Crisis

nytimes.com | JENNY ANDERSON | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Bailout, Goldman Sachs Profits, Business News

Lloyd C. Blankfein has a story about the cataclysm that nearly brought down all of Wall Street. It goes something like this: One by one, lesser banks ...

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