trueslant.com - 6/30/2009
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After my Rolling Stone piece about Goldman, Sachs hit the newsstands last week (unfortunately the piece is not yet up on the magazine’s web site, so I can’t link to it yet — but it is out in print), I started to get a lot of mail. Most of it was thoughtful and respectful criticism, although ...
blogs.reuters.com - 6/25/2009
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blogs.reuters.com —
He was probably born in a $4,000 suit,
he had a face that seemed permanently frozen just
short of an apology for being so much smarter than you, and he exuded a Spock-like, emotion-neutral exterior; the only human feeling you could imagine him ...
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Matt Taibbi vs Goldman Sachs
wallstcheatsheet.com - 7/7/2009
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wallstcheatsheet.com —
If you would like a slick hard copy
of this exclusive interview with Matt Taibbi, please click
here to email us. I usually read like a freshman fraternity pledge shot-gunning a beer. But when I read Matt Taibbi I enjoy his work like Dorothy J. Gaiter ...
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Exclusive Interview: Journalist Matt Taibbi
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Tuesday links: a lack of true diversity
Abnormal Returns —
... Capitalist, Mish, Crossing Wall Street)
Layering on an inflation fear filter to a simple moving average model. (The Technical Take)
Times are good on Wall Street. No wonder salaries are going up. (WSJ, Clusterstock)
Given their immense reach, how much slack should we cut Goldman Sachs (GS)? (True/Slant)
Sheila Bair, national hero. ( ...
Goldman again
FT Alphaville —
... earlier this week: . . . Taibbi’s article is a compilation of just about every conspiracy theory ever dreamed up about Goldman Sachs, but what real substance is there to support the theories? We reject the assertion that we are inflators of bubbles and profiteers in busts, and we are painfully conscious of the importance of being a force for good. . . . Now, Taibbi has shot back. You can read his full response here , but he’s essentially refuting the claim that his article was biased and that Goldman was not given the chance to tell its side of the story. From a ...
Afternoon Reading
The Big Picture —
Some items to read over the long holiday weekend:
• Fissures Appear at the New York Fed (WSJ)
• Matt Taibbi on Goldman’s Response to his Rolling Stone article (True Slant)
• Manhattan Apartment Prices Drop as Lehman Effect Hits Home (Bloomberg) See also 2Q 2009 Manhattan Market Overview (Matrix)
• Talk of China bubble does not deter investors (FT)
• U.S. regulators could learn from Canada’s banks (USA Today)• PODCAST: Robert Shiller Yale Professor of Economics, ...
Friday morning links
The Mess That Greenspan Made —
TOP STORIES • GM awaits judge's ruling on sale plan - AP • Job Losses Dampen Hopes for Recovery - Wash. Post • Seven banks bring 2009 U.S. failures total to 52 - MarketWatch • GM could exit Chapter 11 this month, IPO in 2010 - MarketWatch • Cash-poor California turns to IOUs - CNN/Money • The scandal of overdraft fees - Salmon, Reuters • On giving Goldman a chance - True Slant • California sends out IOUs - LA Times MARKETS/INVESTING • Oil's record high, one year later - ...
Matt Taibbi On Goldman Sachs: The Great American Bubble Machine
The Daily Bail —
... They've been pulling this same stunt over and over since the 1920s — and now they're preparing to do it again, creating what may be the biggest and most audacious bubble yet.
Watch the Taibbi clips and see a few more cartoon illustrations (including an excellent Bob Rubin) by Victor Juhasz.
Go read the whole thing at Rolling Stone.
A follow-up from Taibbi, including Goldman's response.
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dailybail.com 7/6/2009 —
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Rolling Stone political reporter (and Daily Baily reader) Matt Taibbi did a nice little number on the fiefdom of Goldman Sachs in this month's issue. These 3 clips were part of the coverage and were produced by ...
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trueslant.com 7/17/2009 — Equity underwriting boomed during the period as dozens of banks raised money to strengthen capital and repay Troubled Asset Relief Program funds. The business reported record revenue of $736 million.via Article - WSJ.com . So what’s wrong with Goldman ...
Matt Taibbi on Goldman Sachs (video)
youtube.com 7/31/2009 — Listen to the entire interview here.http://audio.wnyc.org/lopate/lopate073109apod.mp3Goldman Sachs posted records profits in the second quarter of this year....
Goldman Sachs responds to Taibbi
blogs.reuters.com 6/29/2009 — To give just two examples, even with the worst will in the world, the blame for creating the internet bubble cannot credibly be laid at our door, and we could hardly be described as having been a major player in the mortgage market, unlike so many of ...
Matt Taibbi - Taibblog – A Look Inside the Regulatory Kitchen
trueslant.com 10/1/2009 — The SEC’s Order and the NYSE Decision against Goldman find that for more than two years, beginning in March 2000, the customers’ pattern of trading and Goldman’s own records reflected that they were selling the securities short in violation of Rule ...
Matt Taibbi - Taibblog – Elizabeth Warren for President
trueslant.com 14 days ago — Beyond monitoring how the government is mopping up after the financial crisis, Warren is pushing a proposal that could help prevent the next one: creating a Financial Product Safety Commission to protect consumers from abusive lenders. Mortgages and ...
Matt Taibbi Gets His Sarah Palin On
business.theatlantic.com 7/10/2009 — This Eric Martin post reminds me that a number of you have asked me what I thought of Matt Taibbi's Rolling Stone piece on Goldman Sachs. What I think, sadly, is that Matt Taibbi is becoming the Sarah Palin of...
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