Former senator held to lofty ambitions for group and three weeks ago repeated his goal of displacing Goldman as the world’s top investment bank within a decade
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MF Global’s Corzine bullish until the end
Broker-dealer run by former Goldman Sachs chief Corzine struggles to stave off a credit rating downgrade to ‘junk’ status
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MF Global considers sale among options
Ban sought on banks shorting securities they have sold, the kind of activity Goldman Sachs was accused of last year in the so-called Abacus deal
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SEC rule aims to clean up securities market
The 2011 finalists for this year’s Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award present a diverse set of views, says Andrew Hill
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FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year shortlist
Groups such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Barclays Capital lured by economic growth and strong demand for commodities
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Global investment banks return to Indonesia
Wall Street Banks: Too Big To Blame For Subprime? Seeking Alpha Goldman Sachs has historically been one of the more bullish investment houses on Wall Street , but the firm has recently taken a dark macro view. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sept. 1 that Goldman issued a 54-page report sent to its institutional … and more
Deals involving Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs among half-a-dozen the fraud office puts under scrutiny
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SFO hunts for evidence over securities sales to UK
Affecting major banks like Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, the suit alleges negligent misrepresentation, securities laws violations, and common fraud as they issued, bundled, and sold MBS …
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Succeeding Blankfein at Goldman May Prove Hurdle Too High for No. 2 Cohn Bloomberg The two men, one the founder of the most powerful talent agency in the entertainment business, the other president of the most profitable securities firm in Wall Street history, have been in daily e-mail contact since, Ovitz said. … and more
Goldman Sachs Escapes Fraud Charges Again CNBC.com This kind of clarity would benefit both outside investors and Wall Street . But it's hard to blame Goldman for not wanting these questions answered in a lawsuit against them. Questions? Comments? Email us at Follow John on Twitter @ twitter.com/Carney …
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Jon Winkelried, former co-president of Goldman Sachs, has signed on as an adviser to a new credit fund being raised by buy-out firm TPG
The German utilities group is reviewing its strategic options, advised by Goldman Sachs, as it grapples with net debt of €27.5bn
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RWE considers pulling plug on Npower
Where and When Did Wall Street Go Wrong? Business Insider … in which it paid $153m to settle civil fraud charges, carries an important lesson. The behaviour revealed in the JPMorgan and Goldman cases is a product of the conflicts of interest embedded in how integrated Wall Street banks work. … and more
Los Angeles Times The price of Wall Street's black box Financial Times … in which it paid $153m to settle civil fraud charges, carries an important lesson. The behaviour revealed in the JPMorgan and Goldman cases is a product of the conflicts of interest embedded in how integrated Wall Street banks work. … JPMorgan Gets a Break Where Goldman Got Nailed: Jonathan Weil Bloomberg Challenges in Chasing Fraud Wall Street Journal JPMorgan to Pay $153 Million to Settle SEC Fraud Charges PBS NewsHour AFP
Asos was in focus after Goldman Sachs set a £35 target price and reckoned a successful roll out of its offering in China could push the retailer’s share price even higher
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Small caps: online retailer finds favour
Los Angeles Times Is the Justice System Finally Closing in on Goldman Sachs over Financial Fraud ? AllGov Wall Street critics have accused Goldman of knowingly selling bundles of bad mortgages to its clients while at the same time betting against the mortgage market before the crisis unfolded in 2008. In April, a bipartisan report from the US Senate … Wall Street Probe Illustrates Clout of Levin's Senate Investigative Panel Bloomberg For 'embattled' Goldman, the fix is already in The Seattle Times all 76 news articles
After benefitting initially from movement away Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns, Citigroup began to lose momentum. Now Citi is hiring aggressively in the prime brokerage space
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Citigroup attracts a more viable flow of new funds
The New York Federal Reserve is investigating allegations of misconduct by the mortgage servicing arm of Goldman Sachs
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NY Fed probes Goldman unit
New York Times Prosecutors Faulted on Failing to Catch Credit-Crunch 'Bandits' Bloomberg In the 18 months since, no senior Wall Street executive has been criminally charged, and some lawmakers are questioning whether the US Justice Department has been aggressive enough after declining to bring cases against officials at American … How an Inquiry of Goldman Sachs Might Play Out New York Times Critics wondering what happened to Wall Street prosecutions AMERICAblog (blog) all 11 news articles
Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate’s investigative subcommittee, said there was “real hope” law enforcement authorities would act on his panel’s report accusing Goldman Sachs of misleading investors and Congress
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The bullish view on Goldman Sachs is that its regulatory and legal issues are coming to an end. Carl Levin, the Democratic senator from Michigan, is one of a number of people standing in the way
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Critics find further fault with Goldman
RollingStone.com Goldman Sach's mortgage problems far from over Post-Bulletin NEW YORK — Goldman Sach, a Wall Street investment bank paid $550 million last year to settle a civil fraud suit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused Goldman Sachs of creating a mortgage product that was … The People vs. Goldman Sachs RollingStone.com all 3 news articles
Telegraph.co.uk DealBook: Goldman Faces New Legal Woes New York Times The Wall Street investment bank paid $550 million last year to settle a civil fraud suit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused Goldman Sachs of creating a mortgage product that was intended to fail. … Regulators probe Goldman analyst communications Reuters Goldman Sachs: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly istockAnalyst.com (press release) Goldman Sachs's clearing broker role examined by regulator Telegraph.co.uk CITY A.M. all 180 news articles
The Guardian Blankfein to Battle Angry Shareholders Fox Business Goldman Sachs (GS) is bracing for what may be its most contentious annual meeting in its 142-year history as Wall Street's most powerful and increasingly embattled investment bank. Tomorrow, Goldman execs will face down an angry … Religious Groups Question Goldman On Pay NPR all 200 news articles
For all the emotions Goldman generates, its results are what might be expected of a well-run investment bank in an unexciting period for business
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If there is one area that congressional investigators believe contains the key to possible criminal probes into Goldman Sachs’ role in the crisis, it’s the ‘big short’
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AOL News Senate panel rebukes Goldman Sachs, others over mortgage deals MiamiHerald.com Carl Levin of Michigan, the subcommittee chairman, accused the Wall Street giant of deep conflicts of interest, “abusive practices” toward its investors and “disgraceful” tactics in exiting the subprime home loan market. At a marathon hearing last year … Senate panel concludes Goldman Sachs profited from financial crisis Los Angeles Times Senate probe alleges Goldman mortgage deception MarketWatch Senate Report Lays Bare Mortgage Mess Wall Street Journal Fox News
Lloyd Blankfein, chief executive of Goldman Sachs, testifies about the bank’s confidentiality policies in the insider trading trial of Raj Rajaratnam, founder of Galleon Group
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Blankfein reviews crisis on the stand
Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and chief executive of Goldman Sachs, testified that former bank director Rajat Gupta had violated Goldman confidentiality policies
Sergey Aleynikov, a former Goldman Sachs computer programmer who was convicted of stealing code related to high-frequency trading, has been sentenced by a federal judge to serve eight years and one month in prison
A Goldman Sachs director told Raj Rajaratnam that the investment bank had discussed buying a commercial bank in July 2008, according to a recording of a phone call played during an insider trading trial
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Lawyers for Raj Rajaratnam failed to persuade SEC to delay filing insider trading charges against a former Goldman Sachs board member until after his criminal trial
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Hedge fund manager fails to stop SEC filing
Rajat Gupta has been charged with civil insider trading for allegedly sharing secret information he learned as a Goldman Sachs board member with Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam
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Ex-Goldman director on insider charge
Critics: Goldman should give back $2.9 billion to taxpayers MiamiHerald.com WASHINGTON — Irked that Goldman Sachs appears to have reaped a $2.9 billion taxpayer-aided windfall on an investment of a mere $20 million, some experts and watchdogs say the Wall Street giant should return the money to the US Treasury. … Critics: Goldman should give back $2.9 billion to taxpayers Fresno Bee all 20 news articles
Fabrice Tourre, the Goldman Sachs banker facing civil fraud charges over a mortgage-backed security, will ask a judge to dismiss the regulator’s lawsuit, arguing that US authorities cannot pursue cases involving foreign investors
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“Democrats in their own words covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam ” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs. Anchorman1971 – January 30th, 2011 at 10:11 pm. • Democrats are silent on the $994795 in Goldman Sachs campaign cash …
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Goldman execs get big raises. But why? Fortune But conveniently for the bankers at Goldman and many other firms, Wall Street's compensation goalposts have been moved in just as they were getting harder … and more
Leading managers – including clients of the investment bank – have hit back at calls for tougher regulation of their industry made by Gary Cohn, Goldman Sachs president, in Davos
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Hedge funds rebuke Goldman Sachs regulation call
Siblings plead guilty to roles in mortgage fraud scam – Savage Pacer · Commission outlines Goldman Sachs subprime dilemma in financial crisis – Housing Wire · Fannie and Freddie’s Big Foreclosure Backlog – BusinessWeek …
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The diverging fortunes of Main Street and Wall Street were highlighted as a trading slump hit Goldman Sachs’ fourth-quarter results, while Wells Fargo and US Bancorp benefited from the gradually healing fortunes of US consumers
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Telegraph.co.uk Goldman issues self-evaluation Washington Post After Goldman Sachs escaped the financial crisis with hardly a scratch, the legendary Wall Street bank learned last year that the … Skeptics rip Goldman's 'report' New York Post Goldman reviews practices, almost comes clean on bets MiamiHerald.com Goldman Bankers, Ascendant Again Wall Street Journal Bloomberg
Bond insurer ACA Financial Guaranty sued Goldman Sachs for $112m alleging the bank deceived it into investing in a ‘worthless’ mortgage-related product
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Bond insurer sues Goldman for $120m
The role of Goldman Sachs in leading the planned $2bn investment in Facebook gives a Wall Street blessing not only to the social network but also to Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian investment fund that until recently was happy to remain out of the limelight
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Facebook has raised $500m from Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies in a deal that values the social networking site at $50bn
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After an enormous rally in junk bonds in 2009 and 2010, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Neuberger Berman, Guggenheim Partners, and Schroders Investment Management all recommend increased risk. Meanwhile investor sentiment on US treasuries is at a record low and the bull-bear spread on equities has widened out to 36.3. According to Dave Rosenberg, that bull-bear spread is within striking distance of the 42.4 all-time high posted in October 2007. Please consider Junk Spreads Narrow to 2007 Level on …
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Plowing Into Junk While Insiders Bail
New York Magazine Cue Your Outrage Engines: It's Goldman Bonus Time New York Magazine The same day that the comptroller's office assured the public that Wall Street was on track for its second-best year ever, Bloomberg reports that Lloyd … and more
Sergey Aleynikov, who is accused of stealing Goldman Sachs’ source code, argued that he was standing up to the bank’s proprietary claims on open-source code
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Goldman challenged on trading code
Preliminary discussions among investment bankers and private equity firms about how they might structure an acquisition of Yahoo has prompted the lagging internet company to retain Goldman Sachs for a possible defense
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Takeover bids put Yahoo on guard
With every passing month, more and more people live paycheck to paycheck. The proof is easy to find. Just start Watching Wal-Mart at Midnight[Said] Bill Simon, CEO of Wal-Mart’s U.S. business, at a Goldman Sachs conference last week, on behavior at a Walmart store around midnight at the end of a month: “The paycheck cycle we’ve talked about before remains extreme. It is our responsibility to figure out how to sell in that environment, adjusting pack sizes, large pack at sizes the beginning of …
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