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Deal or delay? Wall Street doesn’t believe no-deal Brexit threat

As the United Kingdom’s Brexit crisis deepens, Wall Street titans agree on one thing: They don’t believe there will be a no-deal Brexit.

Five Years After the Collapse, The Debate Over Financial Regulation Rages On

Eric Holder’s legacy still up for debate

Global Politics

Should Wall Street execs from Goldman Sachs be put on trial?

Global Politics

The Looming Crisis of the Fiscal Cliff

This Week’s Agenda: NATO Summit, G8 Conference, Rajat Gupta Trial, NAACP’s Gay Marriage Endorsement

The NATO Summit spurs protests in Chicago all week, while European leaders continue talks that began at the G-8 conference over the weekend. The insider trading case against former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta begins this week in New York, as the Senate Banking Committee starts a round of Dodd-Frank hearings. Also, just a few […]

Can Goldman Sachs Restore Its Image?

Coming up, Goldman Sach’s reputation has come under assault this week. But is all the criticism fair? Goldman William Cohan, former investment baker and author of “Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came To Rule The World” joins The Takeaway next.

Fallout from Former Goldman Sachs Employee Piece in New York Times

Former Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith has cost the company more than $2 billion in stock value since his op-ed piece ran in the New York Times yesterday. Smith’s very public jump from the company at the top of the Wall Street food chain has raised some questions about Goldman’s internal culture, it’s capacity to […]

Goldman Sachs Employee’s Public Letter of Resignation

When Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith handed in his letter of resignation, he did so in the most public manner possible – by posting it in the pages of The New York Times. In his letter, the former derivatives trader described the firm’s working environment as “toxic and destructive” and accused their culture of placing […]

Corzine Resigns From MF Global; Hires Criminal Attorney

Former New Jersey governor and Goldman Sachs executive Jon Corzine resigned as chairman and CEO of MF Global, the brokerage firm that filed for bankruptcy on Monday. Corzine has chosen to  forfeit his $12 million severance package. Under Corzine’s leadership, MF Global lost two-thirds of its market value. A federal investigation is now under way after […]