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Toni Geyelin: Some Musings on Investment Bank Profits

By Antoinette Geyelin

Interesting article in this week’s Financial Times, highlighting comments made by Larry Fink, founder of investment giant BlackRock. Apparently, Fink criticized the “luxurious” returns reported this quarter by a number of Wall Street firms (taking particular aim at Goldman Sachs). With less competition, Fink observes, the remaining firms are taking advantage of market conditions to charge huge fees for services.…

Kathleen Rogers on Goldman Sachs: The Sweet Smell of Hypocrisy

By Kathleen Rogers

Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s largest banking and investment firms, announced record profits of 3.4 billion dollars last week. How could a bank go from needing a $10 billion government cash infusion just months ago to raking in trading revenues of $6.8 billion, almost three times the $2.4 billion they made in the same quarter last year? And why…

Diane Vacca: Whose Economy Is It?

By Diane Vacca

Let me be clear, as the President often says. I am not an economist; I’ve never taken a course in economics; I’m very good at saving money and spending it, but not at earning it in any significant quantity. I’ve been wrestling with the bailout process, and my head is spinning— partly because I am so out of my comfort…

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Toni Geyelin: Some Musings on Investment Bank Profits

Kathleen Rogers on Goldman Sachs: The Sweet Smell of Hypocrisy

Diane Vacca: Whose Economy Is It?

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