Topic: Lloyd Blankfein

In the tussle over financial regulatory reform, one thing appears clear: The two sides could either keep talking, or Republicans could offer their own bill, which would likely stall financial regulatory reform even further. The vote occurred with Democrats making a renewed ...
Paul Volcker wrote a lengthy Op-Ed in the NY Times this weekend without really saying anything. Wells Fargo (WFC), however, is facing the same dilemma I face in my bank account - I don't want to get locked into a 10 year ...
Paul Volcker wrote a lengthy Op-Ed in the NY Times this weekend without really saying anything. Wells Fargo (WFC), however, is facing the same dilemma I face in my bank account - I don't want to get locked into a 10 year ...

My Two Questions for Banking CEOs

I'm going to be blogging the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission over at New Deal 2.0 for the next two days. My first post, A User's Guide, is already online. There are many lists of questions being gathered for the FCIC to ask ...
Four weeks ago, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein wrote a most intriguing article for the Financial Times. Entitled, "To avoid crises, we need more transparency," Mr. Blankfein distills the two most important lessons from the financial crisis and in so doing, helps ...
In an interview with the London newspaper The Sunday Times this weekend, Goldman Sachs' (GS) chief executive Lloyd Blankfein pulled no punches when it came to his take on the bank's role in the global economic landscape. Goldman had bought $20 billion ...

Blankfein's Disingenuousness

Spiegel has a good interview with Lloyd Blankfein. When our people leave they tend to go on to other positions - whether in government or other forms of public service - that no one would do if their were motives were financial. ...

Goldman boss says anger over pay justified

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The head of U.S. bank Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday that anger over bankers' pay was " understandable and appropriate," and that greater scrutiny of trade in complex instruments was needed to keep banks in check.But with the banking ...

More Goldman-Paulson Tarnish

This weekend's New York Times report on the details of former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's September 2008 meeting calender, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, may bring the Goldman Sachs (GS) conspiracy theories back up to a boil. During the ...

Paulson, Goldman CEO spoke often in heat of crisis

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson talked often to the head of Goldman Sachs at the height of the credit crisis but did not actively seek to help the bank he once ran, a spokeswoman for Paulson said on ...
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