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Have They Learned Anything?

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Goldman-Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, Vampire Squid, Wall Street, Finance, Wells Fargo, Occupy Wall Street, Public Relations, Bankers, Business News

NEW YORK -- As May Day protests hit major cities across the United States this week, breathing new life into an Occupy Wall Street movement still in i...

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'We Haven't Gotten Everything Right'

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Vampire Squid, Goldman Sachs, Video, Wall Street, Goldman Sachs Ceo Lloyd Blankfein, Lloyd Blankfein Interview, Goldman, Business News

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein admitted on Wednesday that his bank has a public relations problem, but insisted it does not have a problem with how...

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It's Finally Happened: A Missed Connection At Goldman Sachs

Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Vampire Squid, Goldman Sachs, Video, Missed Connections, Goldman Sachs Missed Connection, Craigslist, Business News, Goldman, Craigslist Missed Connections, Love, Big Banks, Love at First Sight, Business News

Love in the belly of the Vampire Squid. Take it in. It could be the title of the next fairytale romance. At least if one Craigslist Missed Connecti...

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Why It's Good To Be Vampire Squid

AP | Associated Press | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Vampire Squid, Video, Wall Street, Bonus, Stock Options, Ceo, Perks, Incentives, CEO Compensation, Financial Regulation, Business News

NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein received total compensation of $16.1 million in 2011, a 14 percent increase from the year before. ...

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WATCH: Goldman Takedown Gets HIlarious Animation Treatment

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Vampire Squid, Twittersphere, Nmatv, New York Times, Meme, Paul Volcker, Greg Smith, Video, Business News

In retrospect, there should have been little doubt that Greg Smith's New York Times op-ed would receive the animated video treatment. That's what you ...

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Twitter Reacts To Super Public Goldman Resignation

Posted 03.14.2012

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A Goldman Sachs executive revealed today that he was bronze medalist in the Jewish Olympics. Okay, he also said his now-former firm refers to its clie...

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Why Is This Man Smiling?

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: The Wire, Vampire Squid, Goldman Sachs, Mark Gongloff Things to Know, Apple, Seven and a Half Things You Need to Know, Seven and a Half Things, Greece, President Obama, Seven and a Half Things to Know, 7 1/2 Things, 7.5 Things, Europe, Things You Need to Know Today, Business News

Thing One: Ganging Up On Goldman: Let's face it, it's not easy being a Vampire Squid. Constantly lurking in the shadows with nothing but your bottomle...

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Vampire Squid Watch: Four Scary Economic Trends for 2012

Lynn Parramore | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Vampire Squid, Jamie Dimon, Corporate Power, Money and Politics, Economy, Business News
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2012 will be a year of continued -- and escalating -- predation by financiers. Their influence over political, financial, and economic activity is likely to grow -- along with potential for harm.

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Incredible And Bizarre Underwater Creatures That Glow

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vampire Squid, Underwater Animals, Video, Dumbo Octopus, Luminescent Creatures, Red Polychaete Worms, Bioluminescence, Luminescent Animals, Underwater Creatures, Bioluminescent Animals, Anglerfish, Sea Gooseberries, Glowing Creatures, Animals, Slidepollajax, Animals That Glow, Glowing Animals, Green News

From BBC Earth's Arj Singh: As we approach winter, the nights start drawing in and the days become darker, it seems like the perfect time of year to ...

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Matt Taibbi: Fact-Checkers Almost Killed My 'Vampire Squid' Line About Goldman Sachs

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vampire Squid, Matt Taibbi, Griftopia, Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi Banks, Matt Taibbi Goldman Sachs, Business News

Perhaps the most famous line ever written about an investment bank and one that, for better or worse, came to define Wall Street's behavior during the...

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PHOTOS: Vampire Squid, Decapitating Bees, Bulldog Bats And 7 Other Scariest Animals & Plants

Posted 05.25.2011

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From BBC Earth's Arj Singh: Monsters, ghosts and ghouls will all be upon us come the witching hour on Halloween. But sometimes spooky, scary and...

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Matt Taibbi's Blasts Wall Street Again In 'Bailout Hustle'

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rolling Stone, Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, Vampire Squid, Bailout Hustle, Matt Taibbi Wall Street, Business News

In his latest salvo against Wall Street, Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi argues that the recent resurgence of the banking sector is the result of nothing ...

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Vampire Squid Threatened By Human Activity (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vampire Squid, Vampire Squid Human Activity, Deep Sea, Cephalopod, Deep Sea Creatures, Animals, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Video, Green News

The vampire squid is one of many unheard of creatures living in the deep sea. The species, which is technically not a squid, but a cephalopod, had bee...

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What Taibbi Got Wrong In His Goldman Sachs Story

The Big Money | Heidi N. Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matt Taibbi, Taibbi Mistakes, Vampire Squid, Goldman Sachs, The Great American Bubble Machine, Taibbi Goldman Sachs, Business News

Can one firm create a bubble? Can one firm create four bubbles? Maybe, but it's damn hard to prove. That's why it's so unimpressive that a fervent 10...

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Michael Lewis Takes On Goldman Sachs

bloomberg.com | Michael Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vampire Squid, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, Goldman Sachs, Government Sachs, Business News

July 28 (Bloomberg) -- From the moment I left Yale and started working for Goldman Sachs, I've felt uneasy interacting with those who don't. It's n...

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