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Senators Grill Goldman Execs About Their ‘Shitty Deal’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2010 Tuesday was not a fun day to be a top executive at Goldman Sachs Sen Carl Levin and his posse from the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations made sure of that during a lengthy interrogation session, which included quite a zinger (continued) . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Goldman CEO to Perform Community Service as Treasury Secretary

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Apr 26, 2010 A Treasury Department spokesperson said that by performing community service as treasury secretary, Lloyd Blankfein will do less harm to the economy because he will have significantly less power than he had as chairman of Goldman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Has Goldman Sachs Gotten Greedier?

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2009 Was there ever a time when Goldman Sachs was more, um, ethical and client-centric than greedy and profit-driven, as its reputation now suggests? That's debatable, but whatever its previous corporate ethos might have been, all signs point to Goldman's current chairman and CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, as the major driving force behind the firm's push for building bigger profits quicker these days. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Year-End Bonuses for Goldman Sachs Execs

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2009 Goldman Sachs has had a record year in terms of employee earnings -- The Wall Street Journal says Goldman's 31,000 worker bees brought in an average of more than $700,000 each in 2009 -- and that would be better news for the firm if it hadn't been on the receiving end of major federal funding from last year's bailout. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Still Doing God’s Work on Wall Street

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 25, 2009 Jail, anyone? Perhaps that’s too harsh, and at any rate premature, but is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the behind-the-scenes sweetheart deals that passed tens of billions of taxpayer dollars through the AIG shell game to the very banks that caused the financial meltdown? Is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the sweetheart deals that passed billions of taxpayer dollars through the AIG shell game to the banks that caused the meltdown? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )