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Goldman CEO faces blistering attack over ethics

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein faced a blistering cross-examination from U.S. lawmakers over why the investment banks' sales team felt they could sell securities to clients while believing they were crap and betting against them.

Goldman says not to blame for crisis

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Goldman Sachs executives tried to fend off accusations they inflated the housing bubble, sold clients shi**y deals and made billions off the market's collapse, in a high stakes Senate hearing.

Goldman fends off accusations of exploiting bubble

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Lower level Goldman Sachs executives tried to fend off accusations they inflated the housing bubble, sold clients shitty deals and made billions off the market's collapse, in a high stakes Senate hearing.
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Blankfein says Goldman didn't bet against clients

Goldman Sachs Group Inc chief executive Lloyd Blankfein, in written testimony prepared for a Senate hearing on Tuesday, said his firm did not have a massive short against the housing market and certainly did not bet against our clients.
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Goldman, CEO hit with investor lawsuit

Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein were hit with a shareholder lawsuit claiming they hid key details about a risky transaction that resulted in civil fraud charges and a plummet in its stock price.
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Goldman emails show need for transparency: Summers

Emails sent by Goldman Sachs Group Inc's executives on money the firm made by betting against risky mortgage securities highlight the need for transparency in financial markets, senior White House adviser Lawrence Summers said on Sunday.
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Goldman CEO lauded profit from subprime shorts

Goldman Sachs Group Inc's top executive boasted in late 2007 about the money the investment bank was making from betting against risky mortgages, according to a collection of e-mails released by a Senate panel on Saturday.
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Goldman emails laud profit from subprime shorts

Goldman Sachs Group Inc officials boasted in late 2007 about the money the investment bank was making from betting against risky mortgages, according to a collection of e-mails released by a Senate panel on Saturday.
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Goldman emails: firm lauds profits from shorts

Goldman Sachs Group Inc officials discussed making serious money in 2007 off the subprime crisis as mortgages were starting to falter in rapid numbers, according to a collection of e-mails released by a Senate panel on Saturday.
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Profits still hold key; Greece could temper

Wall Street is heading into another earnings blitz next week and the prospects of strong results from bellwethers like Caterpillar Inc and 3M Co should propel indexes to new recovery highs.
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Government watchdog to probe SEC's Goldman lawsuit

A U.S. government watchdog will investigate the Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud lawsuit against Goldman Sachs Group Inc, the SEC's inspector general said on Friday, while two shareholders sued the bank over the fraud allegations.
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Goldman CEO sued by shareholders over Abacus

Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and other bank officials have been sued by shareholders in two lawsuits related to fraud allegations brought by the federal government.
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Obama scolds Wall St for resisting reform

President Barack Obama scolded Wall Street on Thursday for its furious efforts to fight tighter regulation, saying the United States was doomed to another financial crisis if reforms were not implemented
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Obama scolds Wall Street for resisting reform

President Barack Obama scolded Wall Street on Thursday for its furious efforts to fight tighter regulation, saying the United States was doomed to another financial crisis if reforms were not implemented
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Goldman urges clients to stay, CEO at Obama speech

Goldman Sachs Group Inc intensified its public relations counteroffensive over fraud charges on Thursday as the company's chief executive watched President Barack Obama urge Wall Street to back regulatory reforms.
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Goldman CEO watches Obama as clients urged to stay

Goldman Sachs Group Inc intensified its public relations counteroffensive on Thursday over fraud charges, as the company's chief executive watched the U.S. president urge Wall Street to back regulatory reforms.
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German bank severs Goldman ties, France eyes probe

A German state bank said it had severed business ties with Goldman Sachs Group Inc, citing U.S. regulators' allegation that the dominant Wall Street bank committed fraud, while France eyed an investigation of its own.
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Goldman Sachs charged with fraud by SEC

Goldman Sachs Group Inc was charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its marketing of a subprime mortgage product, igniting a battle between Wall Street's most powerful bank and the nation's top securities regulator.
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Obama to veto bill without derivatives curbs

President Barack Obama said on Friday he would veto a planned financial regulation law that did not bring the derivatives market under control -- hours after influential bank Goldman Sachs was charged with fraud.
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Morgan Stanley's Gorman not satisfied, looks ahead

Morgan Stanley Chief Executive James Gorman was not satisfied with his firm's financial performance in 2009 and believes it is time the firm begins carrying out its business plan after a make-over of key businesses.
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Goldman takes on critics in shareholder note

Goldman Sachs Group Inc issued a spirited defense in its annual shareholder letter against allegations that it had benefited unduly from government help and bet against its own clients during the financial crisis.
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Goldman says did not bet against clients

Goldman Sachs Group Inc said it did not intentionally bet against securities in the mortgage market during the financial crisis, dismissing suggestions that it unfairly made money by placing bets against its clients.

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