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Palin-Mania: How Goldman Sachs Robbed Us While We Obsessed About Sarah Palin

Peter Daou | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Clinton, Palin, Lloyd Blankfein, Les Leopold, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Media Palin, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Peter Daou

Goldman's greed is being rewarded at our expense while the media, punditocracy, and online commentariat rail against a soon to be ex-Governor of Alaska.

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Is Goldman Sachs One Big Credit Portfolio?

The Big Picture | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Credit Derivatives, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Derivatives, Bianco Research, Business News

Now that Goldman Sachs is a commercial bank comes a new set of public reporting requirements. One of these public reports is linked above, and below i...

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Goldman Wins - Did Taxpayers Lose?

finance.yahoo.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Matt Taibbi, Goldman Sachs, Government Sachs, Business News

Goldman shares were strong Monday morning as Meredith Whitney made some positive comments about banks generally and upgraded Goldman, specifically. Go...

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Goldman Sachs Poised To Earn Record Profits

bloomberg.com | Christine Harper | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business

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

July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is poised to report the largest profit since it set earnings records in 2007, marking the return of a ...

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NYC's 10 Biggest Paychecks: Who's Overpaid? (POLL)

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Altria, Lloyd Blankfein, Vikram Pandit, JPMorgan Chase, Slidepoll, Alliancebernstein, Mario Gabelli, Jamie Dimon, Peter Kraus, Citigroup, Business News

They're coming out on top, even in a down market. This week Crains released its "Fortunate 100," a ranking of the New York City area's highest-paid ex...

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Taibbi: Goldman's Weak Apology For The Financial Crisis

True/Slant | Matt Taibbi | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Matt Taibbi, Goldman Sachs, Bailout, Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs Apology, Business News

Anyone else out there find himself doubled over laughing after reading Goldman, Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein's "apology" for his bank's behavior leadin...

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Goldman Chief Blankfein: Economy "A Lot Better Today"

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Recession, Economy, Business News

NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chairman Lloyd Blankfein sounded an upbeat note about the economy at the company's annual meeting Friday. "...

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Bernie Madoff, Scapegoat

Michael Moore | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Tarp, Bill Clinton, John Thain, Phil Gramm, Bank of America, Gfc, Aig, Ponzi Scheme, Jamie Dimon, John Mack, Bernie Madoff, Vikram Pandit, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Bailout, Ken Lewis, Michael Moore, Global Financial Crisis, Bernard Madoff, Wall Street, Edward Liddy, Citigroup, Madoff, Business News
Michael Moore

Instead of putting those responsible for the financial crisis in jail, why did we give them huge sums of our hard-earned tax dollars. Bernard Madoff is nothing more than the scab on the wound.

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Taxing Grandma to Subsidize Goldman Sachs: Business Week

Business Week | Peter Morici | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs and Taxes, Goldman Sachs Profits, Taxes, Goldman Sachs and Us Government, Business News

Monday afternoon, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS - News) reported much larger than expected first-quarter profits on the heels of the strong earnings Wells Fa...

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CODEPINK Behind Blankfein: "Taxpayers Want Their Money Back"

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Codepink, Goldman Sachs, Taxpayers, Economy, Protest, Aig, Business News
Medea Benjamin

I started to ask my questions: "Why should taxpayers reward the failures of Wall Street? Why should we bailout Goldman Sachs?" but they cut off the stage mic.

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Blankfein: Pay Standards Should Be Changed

AP/Fox Business | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The chief executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Tuesday called for new standards on how Wall Street executives are compensated a...

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Banks Racing To Pay Back Bailout Funds After Congressional Lashing

Bloomberg | Linda Shen and Bradley Keoun | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Ken Lewis, Bank CEOs, Bankers, Jamie Dimon, John Mack, Jpmorgan, Bailout Outrage, Business News

Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley may decide after enduring yesterday's Congressional hearing tha...

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Bankers on the Hill

James Warren | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup Inc., Lloyd Blankfein, Wall Street Bailout, Bailout Testimony, CEOs of Bank of America Corp., Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, Bailout Bandits, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Bailout Banker Testimony, Business News, Banking Crisis, Banks, Congressional Hearings, Wall Street Banker Testimony, Politics News
James Warren

Rarely in the rich history of congressional stonings have the victims been so crisply-attired, so contrite, so deferential, and so tolerant of their grandstanding captors.

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Bankers vow to build trust with increased lending

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup Inc., Lloyd Blankfein, Bailout Bandits, Bailout Testimony, CEOs of Bank of America Corp., Bailout Banker Testimony, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, Wall Street Banker Testimony, Bailout Outrage, Business News

WASHINGTON — The nation's top bankers came to account for themselves Wednesday to a wary public, displaying a blend of financial might and humil...

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Bailed Out Bankers Testify: Live Video, Quotes

Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup Inc., Bailout Testimony, Banking Bailout Video, Banking Video, Wall Street Executives Testifying, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, Bailout Banker Testimony, Bailout Bandits, CEOs of Bank of America Corp., Business News, Wall Street Banker Testimony, Politics News

The eight chief executives from bailed out Wall Street banks are testifying today before Congress. The CEOS will be quizzed aggressively on how they ...

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Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein Acknowledges "Broad Public Anger" At Wall Street

bloomberg.com | Posted 03.13.2009 | Home

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, acknowledging "broad public anger" at the financial industry, said many people think...

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Flying Coach: Geithner Part Of Growing Bigwig Trend

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Flying Coach, Pat Quinn, Economy Class, Liz Claiborne, Airplanes, Serena Williams, Vikram Pandit, Boldfaced Names, Coach, Boldfacers, Ken Lewis, Tim Geithner, Bill Keller, Bob Corker, Slideshow, Airlines, Geithner Economy Class, Flying Coach Geithner, Geithner Flies Coach, Stimulus Package Geithner, Geithner, Business News

It all started with the Big Three Detroit automakers, when they took corporate jets to Washington to plead for a taxpayer bailout. But now, as pro...

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Goldman Sachs Chiefs Give Up Bonuses: Last Year Blankfein Took $70 Million

Bloomberg | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the firm that set a record for Wall Street pay last year, became the first U.S. bank to scrap 2008 bonuses for senior office...

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Pandit Rejected Goldman Sachs' Takeover Offer, Rumor Says

DealBook | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Vikram Pandit, Lloyd Blankfein, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Finance, Financial Crisis, Banks, Goldman Citi Merger, Business News

In yet another example of the backchannel maneuvering that preceded the federal government's bailout of the financial sector, Goldman Sachs' chief Llo...

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The Highest-Paid CEOs Of 2007: AP

Posted 09.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Larry Ellison, John Thain, Leslie Moonves, Richard Adkerson, Bob Simpson, Lloyd Blankfein, Kenneth Chenault, Eugene Isenberg, John Mack, Glenn Murphy, Business News

The 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2007 at Standard & Poor's 500 companies based on calculations by The Associated Press. The total pay figures are rounded,...

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Goldman Cuts Corners By Depriving Junior Execs Of Flying Business Class

New York Post | Mark DeCambre with Zachery Kouwe | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business

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Goldman Sachs has been best of breed among its mortgage-mangled brethren, but even it is starting to feel the pinch of a slackening deal flow, which h...

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Goldman's Lloyd Blankfein: A $74 Million Bargain?

Forbes | Posted 05.09.2008 | Business

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At $74 million a year, Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein may be a Wall Street bargain. The 53-year-old Blankfein caught a lot of flak whe...

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Goldman CEO Challenged On-Air By Lou Dobbs

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, U.S. Economy, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Lou Dobbs, Recession, Homeowners, Economy.com, Underwater Homeowners, Business News

On Tuesday, Lou Dobbs challenged Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, to a fight while on the air. After discussing a new Economy.com report tha...

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Goldman's Profit Magic May Be Fading

Wall Street Journal | Kate Kelly, Peter Eavis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Wall Street Securities, Goldman Sachs Group, New York Stock Exchange, Business News

At a recent investor meeting, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein made a wry apology for arriving late. "This is the wrong time ...

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Ten Smartest CEO Moves Of 2007

Portfolio | Liz Gunnison | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Blackstone, Pete Peterson, Lloyd Blankfein, Rex Tillerson, Jack Weil, Nintendo, Exxon Mobil, Michael Dell, Angelo Mozilo, Steve Schwarzman, Rockmount Ranch Wear, Richard Grasso, Dell Computers, Chrysler, Goldman Sachs, Satoru Iwata, Apple, Countrywide, Robert Nardelli, Nyse, Steve Jobs, Business News

The bottom has dropped out of the banking business, brokerages are floundering, home foreclosures are soaring, and the threat of recession looms. What...

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