"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Allows banned Russian oligarch into US to meet with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley. Obeying laws and regulations is something only the little people must do. Investment banks get to ignore such petty annoyances. Why is there such contempt for government…
During the collapse of AIG, their credit default swap unit was negotiating with banks who had bought $62 billion in CDS and CDOs from them. AIG wanted the banks to accept discounts of up to 40%. Instead, the New York…
This is Adam Storch, the just appointed COO of the SEC enforcement division. I know, you’re thinking, he’s not old enough to shave, has no experience in this kind of enforcement, and isn’t isn’t even a licensed broker. But you’re…
Gosh, I’m sure he must have the needed experience and toughness or else they wouldn’t have hired him. PS SEC officials who missed Madoff are living large. And you probably thought they were fired or at least disciplined, right?
I am not sure I buy into the full conspiracy theory, but it sure as hell seems like the CEO of Goldman Sachs had pretty much unfettered access [during the start of the financial crisis] to the Treasury Secretary —…