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• LOC 11/9/2009: Junkfood Or Jihad?

  
  Left Of Center Podcasts — Authority: 136
  It’s Monday. Say, did anything important happen over the weekend? We cover health care, and the big mistake the GOP made this weekend that isn’t getting much play. and unnamed Muslim calls in to complain that he can’t blow us all up, and Nine goes off on Nancy Graceless vis a vis the Anthony Sowell case in ...
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• Wall St. Bonus Season Is Likely to Be Hit or Miss

  
  DealBook — Authority: 782
  Bonus time will be very hit or miss this year amid a growing divergence in incentive compensation across the financial services industry, according to projections from Johnson & Associates, a consulting firm.
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• The New Knights Templar: Meet Goldman Sachs Doing "Gods Work"

  
  BlindReason — Authority: 133
  This is very unwise press. Youve got record bonuses awfully quick right after the crash and a quote from Lloyd Blankfein saying he is doing "Gods work". What an unfortunate and ill conceived comment. Just for a historical note, the Knights Templar were a religious order that ended up being the bankers of ...
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• 2012: End of the World (for the Democratic Party?)

  
  Israpundit — Authority: 626
  by Bill Levinson Noting that Obama’s Democrats (Kirsten Gillibrand) are now on record as saying that the purpose of their cap and trade legislation is to enrich Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase:
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• Goldman Sachs Becomes ‘SNL’ Punchline

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 723
  Those entitled Wall Street types at Goldman Sachs are apparently oblivious to the fact that they’re having some PR issues of late—either that, or they don’t really care. Either way, “SNL” stars Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers make them the brunt of their jokes in this clip from last weekend’s show. READ ...
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• God’s Work

  
  tdaxp — Authority: 517
  Goldman Sachs, after looting billions from the Treasury and getting H1N1 “Pig” Flu vaccine before nurses and hospitals , now announces that God is on its side He said modern banking performed a vital function and described himself as just a banker ‘doing God’s work’. Two previous CEOs of Goldman ...
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• Fannie Studies Writing Off $5.2 Billion in Tax Credits

  
  DealBook — Authority: 782
  Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance giant, said Monday that it was reviewing whether it would have to write off $5.2 billion in low-income housing tax credits after the Treasury Department rejected its request to sell the credits to Goldman Sachs.
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• Predatory Bank Barons are Gods Humble Warriors

  
  Most Recent Posts — Authority: 607
  By Bradford Pilcher Lloyd Blankfein is the chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. In 1869, a German-Jewish immigrant named Marcus Goldman founded the company. Thirteen years later, the little commercial paper dealer celebrated its bar mitzvah by bringing on Goldman’s son-in-law, Samuel Sachs. Thus was born what Rolling ...
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• Banksters: ‘Quite frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn’

  
  And, yes, I DO take it personally — Authority: 132
  let them eat cake... who gives a shit about the peasants when you can collect a BONUS well over five times the median u.s. household income and, oh, btw, who gives a shit that billions of people around the world are STARVING TO DEATH ...? Three of the largest Wall Street firms -- which together received ...
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• The Latest List of Goldman Players Now in (or recently in) Government

  
  EconomicPolicyJournal.com — Authority: 617
  Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton (Robert Rubin)Treasury Secretary under George Bush (Hank Paulson)Current president and former chairman of the New York Federal Reserve (William Dudley and Stephen Friedman)Chief of Staff to current Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (Mark Patterson)Chief of Staff under President ...
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• Oct. retail sales up, Nov. outlook positive

  
  Orange County Retail — Authority: 113
  Is the retail industry showing signs of recovery? Yes, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers’ (ICSC). Store sales for October increased by 2.1% from the same month in 2008, according to a tally of 32 retail-chain stores by the council. It was the second consecutive monthly increase for the ...
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• The “Cute and Cuddly Grandpa from Omaha” has Fangs

  
  The Reformed Broker — Authority: 631
  I’ve read enough about and by Warren Buffett to be completely in awe of him.  he remains, as Doug Kass calls him, The Mozart of Investing , cobbling together one masterpiece after another, always ahead of the curve. That said, my eyes were opened by some of my favorite bloggers this weekend, and I will ...
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• Demand an investigation into the insider trading.

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 457
  Demand an investigation into the insider trading. Carolyn Hileman According to opensecrets.org our congress and senate who fought so valiantly to keep those banks from failing held stock in them. In 2008, the same year that the federal government bailed out several U.S. banks, the second most commonly held stock ...
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• How much “real wealth” has been created through M&A, Junk Bonds, HFT, Structured Finance, Derivatives?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  As opposed to how much has capital been stirred around and siphoned off? How efficient are our markets today? 30% interest on credit cards – is that efficient for the consumer or small business owner? Huge reductions in the money market and commercial paper markets. Is that efficient for corporate cash flows? How ...
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• FSB Says Some Big Banks Still Too Optimistic on Their Health

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aA.OzgyxTtCc&@#$%&!=4 They act as if the bonus and profits of Goldman Sachs comes from fees charged to those trying to raise money, the profits come from TRADING. And who are they trading against, the taxpayer, the pension fund, the mutual fund of ...
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• Goldman wants bonuses. Signs of recovery?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  Do you know how much they have put at risk? (Guess it doesn’t matter if the taxpayers are going to bail you out). Looks like signs of an impending collapse if you ask me. The following is a list of the top 10 banks holding derivatives. Note that the top 5 hold 97% of all derivatives. The following table lists the ...
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• Goldman Envy Comes to the Legal Profession

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 722
  Over the weekend, the New York Times had an interesting article about compensation for Wall Street bankers. The article explained how, due to criticism from the public and from Congress, banks shifted employee comp away from cash and towards stocks and options. This shift was supposed to align pay with performance, ...
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• Goldman Sachs : Justifying their bonuses

  
  The Bullish Bear — Authority: 117
  I thought this was a joke when I first saw this. Im doing Gods work. Meet Mr Goldman Sachs - Times Online Goldman Sachs Head Says Banks Do Gods Work GODS WORK!!!!!!! While the Times enjoyed splashing the sensational headline on Sunday , the article is worth a read. Its incredible how these ...
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• Goldman Wary of Rusal I.P.O., Report Says

  
  DealBook — Authority: 782
  Wall Street firms are reportedly in a quandary about getting involved with a planned public offering of Russias United Company Rusal, the worlds largest aluminum producer, because its founder has been barred from getting a U.S. visa on account of allegations that he is connected to organized crime.
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• Goldman Sachs boss says banks do "Gods work"

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  LONDON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, which has attracted widespread media attention over the size of its staff bonuses, believes banks serve a social purpose and are doing "Gods work."... Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
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