Topic: Michael Greenberger

Goldman Sachs Faces Trading Scrutiny

The Street - 277 days ago
Goldman Sachs(GS) may face charges from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) related to how one of its customers handled client money...

Big Oil Needs Some Oversight to Save the Recovery

SeekingAlpha - 286 days ago
With a barrel of oil now above $112 and rising, the five major oil companies are announcing Q1 2011 numbers this week and reports put profits at 40...

Oil Price Economics the 60 Minutes Way

SeekingAlpha - 1125 days ago
60 Minutes just ran a comically slanted story on the rise in oil prices. According to 60 Minutes, the surge in oil prices was due to... Steve Kroft first talked with Dan Gilligan, the president of the Petroleum Marketers Association. Gilligan admitted ...

Risk-laden financial moves tantamount to gambling

Las Vegas Sun - 1208 days ago
But Congress ensured that default swaps at center of meltdown stayed unregulated WASHINGTON If you want a single fact to help you understand the nations financial mess, consider this: Not only did Washington purposefully let these instruments flourish in the market without ...

ACLU stresses public health's role in pandemics

American Medical Association News - 1476 days ago
Efforts to prepare for a pandemic or other type of mass disease event belong squarely in the realm of public health and not law enforcement, contrary to the direction taken since 9/11 by the federal government, argues a new report by ...