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Might NY’s Schneiderman probe lead to prosecutions on Wall Street?

By Mark | May 19, 2011

I don’t know that I put much stock in it, but Matt Taibbi seems to think that we may actually see real prosecutions on Wall Street. Here’s a clip from his new piece for Rolling Stone on the newly launched investigation of Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs by New York State Attorney […]

Posted in Economics, Other | Also tagged Bank of America, Corporate Crime, Eliot Spitzer, Eric Schneiderman, financial industry, financial reform, Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, Morgan Stanley, Tom Miller, Wall Street | 2 Comments

Goldman Sachs, from bailout to billions in bonuses

By Mark | July 12, 2009

I was just reading this piece in today’s New York Times on the enormous profits being posted by the investment bank Goldman Sachs, and I was reminded of an article I read a week or so ago in Rolling Stone by Matt Taibbi. Here are clips from both for your consideration. First, the New York […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics | Also tagged bailout, blood funnel, corporatocracy, Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, New York Times, Rolling Stone, taxpayer money, vampire squid | 8 Comments

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