Report: Goldman Sachs on Pace to Pay Out Record Bonuses this Year
AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to what’s happening here at home, the financial crisis. Juan? JUAN GONZALEZ: Well, last week, President Obama presented his vision for reforming the US financial regulatory...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer: Geithner, Bernanke "Complicit" in Financial Crisis and Should Go
JUAN GONZALEZ: President Obama kicked off a White House jobs summit on Thursday aimed at developing a plan to combat the nation’s highest unemployment rate in twenty-six years. Speaking to 130 business...
View ArticleGoldman Execs Grilled over Role in Inflating Housing Bubble and Then Betting...
AMY GOODMAN: Our top story today is what’s happening in the economy, and particularly looking at the grilling of Goldman Sachs. JUAN GONZALEZ: Yes. Well, Goldman Sachs was on a hot seat on Capitol Hill...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Settles Civil Fraud Case for $550M -- Less Than It Reportedly...
JUAN GONZALEZ: We begin today’s show on the landmark settlement between Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs and the Securities and Exchange Commission. On Thursday Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $550 million...
View Article"America is Not Broke!": Michael Moore addresses thousands in Madison, Wisconsin
State-workers and their supporters have been rallying in unprecedented numbers in Madison over the last few weeks. Tens of thousands of teachers, firemen, police officers, students, and families have...
View ArticleCovering Up Wall Street Crimes: Matt Taibbi Exposes How SEC Shredded...
AMY GOODMAN: Is the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission covering up Wall Street crimes? That’s the question examined in an explosive new report by Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi. He begins the...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs v. Occupy Wall Street: A Greg Palast Investigation
AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to a controversy in the banking community around the Occupy Wall Street movement. Recently, the financial giant Goldman Sachs pulled out of a fundraiser for a small Lower East...
View ArticleMatt Taibbi on the Explosive Resignation of Goldman Sachs Executive Greg Smith
AMY GOODMAN: I want to go to the whole issue of Goldman Sachs now. MATT TAIBBI: Sure. AMY GOODMAN: The bank reportedly scanning internal emails for the term "muppet" and other evidence that employees...
View ArticleOakland City Council Seeks to Cut Goldman Sachs Ties After Bank Profits from...
AMY GOODMAN: We end today’s show looking at the breakthrough vote in Oakland, California, that could have implications for cities struggling with budget deficits around the country. Last Tuesday, the...
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