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MTV's $10,000 Challenge: Build Technology That Ends Human Slavery

Posted 02.01.2012

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These days, technology has the capacity to change everything -- and mtvU is hoping the end of human slavery is within that reach. MTV's 24-hour col...

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Exhibition Spotlight: 'Engagement,' A Photo-Op With Prince William

Posted 05.25.2011

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WHO: Jennifer Rubell WHAT: 'Engagement', an interactive sculptural installation and a series of accompanying paintings. WHEN: Opening on February 7 ...

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Goldman Sachs: Spinning Gold

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janet Tavakoli

Goldman Sachs claims great risk management skills, while it shirks responsibility for its role in the near collapse of the U.S. economy. The former is a myth, and the latter is a dodge.

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Goldman Sachs Alumni With Government Ties

Felix Salmon | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Treasury Cover-Up of Goldman's Role in AIG Crisis?

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janet Tavakoli

Goldman paid mega bonuses in past years subsidized by selling hot air. Now it proposes to again pay billions in bonuses based on earnings made possible by taxpayer dollars.

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Stephen Friedman, New York Fed Chair, Resigns

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Friedman, chairman of the New York Federal Reserve's board of directors, resigned on Thursday amid questions about stock purchases in his form...

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Cashing in on 'Government Sachs'

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Scheer

We are so inured to tales of business corruption that even a devastating exposé in The Wall Street Journal no longer shocks us.

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GOP Senator Shelby Calls NY Fed Chief's Goldman Ties "Deeply Disturbing"

Wall Street Journal | JON HILSENRATH | Posted 05.25.2011

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The ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee called it "deeply disturbing" that Stephen Friedman, who is chairman of the Federal Reserve Ban...

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Stephen Friedman, New York Fed Chairman: His Ties to Goldman Raise Questions

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York shaped Washington's response to the financial crisis late last year, which buoyed Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and ot...

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