" Click to enlarge. President Barack Obama plans to hold a Banking Summit Monday, according to a Bloomberg report today. Among those participating in the event, said to be a forum for discussing the president’s proposals to boost small-business lending and overhaul...
"Commentary by Alice Schroeder Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- “I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,” said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good character of a...
A five-part report by David DeGraw on the economic meltdown fallout and the factors that contributed to it. Essentially, the people of the U.S. and the world are suffering now and facing worse times due to the...
opinion by Erik Larson | 4 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago 94 views | 24 recommendations | 1 comment
They are going to try to buy good PR for themselves. What hypocrites!" NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Tuesday it is teaming with billionaire investor Warren Buffett to invest $500 million to provide thousands of small business owners across America with college...
Washington, DC—On Monday, SEIU President Andy Stern and hundreds of taxpayers will converge on the Washington headquarters of Goldman Sachs to demand to multi million dollar bonuses and the Too Big To Fail Doctrine and call for immediate Congressional action on real...
Despite the massive treasury Moves to fend off a major crisis in the World Economy much is looking certainly uncertain. While The Fed and Treasury Secretaries of Both Bush and Obama took swift steps to fend off disaster the question looms large-what of the toxic assets many...
opinion by bpulhem | 17 wks ago 34 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
As you shelter yourself in a cool closet from the hailstorm of healthcare promotion, Congress and the President are sliding into home plate with compensation controls in the senior offices of financial firms, … for starters. The new Corporate and Financial Institution...
I would try and summarize this excelent writers work but I am sure I would do it no justice. This is a must read for anyone with investments!!!
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/29127316/the_great_american_bubble_machine/1
And its very very scary!!!
And now the...
This follows the news announced by the White House last Friday, that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Vice Chairman Robert Hormats was appointed to the role of State Department's undersecretary for economic, energy and agricultural affairs. Read about it here, on NowPublic."July 16,...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago 107 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
Dear Mr. President, This should prove a challenging week on the PR front for us at Goldman Sachs. There are a few situations surfacing for which appropriate clarification will provide you sufficient context in the event that the inevitable questions arise. We...
The Milken-Madoff-Bonanno-Genevese-Gambino-Goldman Exemption Updated: We are officially a kleptocracy. The rulers have stolen the resources. When I left you last we were anxiously treading water, while the sharks...
opinion by RoryKearney | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago 775 views | 8 recommendations | 3 comments
Goldman Sachs is on track to hand out its bigest bonuses ever. As the recession crushed its competition, Goldman Sachs reaped the benefits, and has been having a very profitable year so far. According to internal...
created by Jordan Yerman | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 52 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
If experts in the oil and gas and financial services industries are on target, Americans should expect to see fuel costs rise during the remainder of 2009. In particular, they should expect to see gas prices...
By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com When Rush Limbaugh mentioned Goldman Sachs’ prediction about the price of oil on his radio show today, I decided to share the statement American Petroleum Institute President Jack...
The Dow fell 1.71% and the S&P fell 2.01%, followed by the Nikkei down 1.1% and European bourses down by a smaller amount this morning. The leader was the financial sector, the very thing that had inspired rallyettes earlier. The WSJ names JPMorgan, among others. To be...
opinion by trifx | 35 wks ago 102 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments