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Goldman Sachs’ Blankfein Does It Again!

February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Wall Street

February 2, 2010
As you most certainly have heard by now, His Royal Highness Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Government Sachs, has announced he has decided to pay himself another $100 million bonus for his outstanding, “above and beyond the call of duty”, leadership. Although Goldman has paid back the TARP funds, their continued existence is still [...]

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Tags: Lloyd Blankfein·Pay Packages & Bonuses

BofA and Ken Lewis

October 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Financial Bailout

It’s like saying he has only enough money to last another 100 years instead of enough money to last another 300 years. How long can the bamboozled stockholder live on what they have left? Most likely, none! There dividends were cut to one penny every three months.

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Tags: Bank of America·Ken Lewis·Pay Packages & Bonuses

Goldman Sachs To Hand Out $16 Billion In Bonuses

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Wall Street

September 24, 2009
The Facts
Just about an hour ago CNBC announced that Goldman Sachs plans to pay out $16 billion in bonuses this year. Evidently the other news services haven’t picked up on this yet as I can find no articles about it. However, this is of no surprise for many reasons, but with their stock [...]

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Tags: Goldman Sachs·Lloyd Blankfein·Pay Packages & Bonuses

Federal Judge Rakoff Doesn’t Stand A Chance

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Wall Street

If he and the SEC’ definition of justice is a lousy $33 million fine with no one being personally held accountable, then “the nation’s top Wall Street cop” really is in an “awkward” spot. In fact, the “spot” is much more than awkward; it’s outright insulting.

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Tags: Bank Bailouts·Bank of America·Mary Schapiro·Merrill Lynch·Pay Packages & Bonuses·SEC

The True Mentality Of Our Government Leaders Exposed

August 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Government

Vetern Affairs bonuses – Life is good in America, but only for the elite.

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Tags: Charity·Jennifer S. Duncan·Pay Packages & Bonuses·Robert Howard·Veterans Affairs

SEC To BofA – Nod-Nod Then A Wink-Wink

August 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Wall Street

Bank of America is fined $33 million. Now they’re laughing all the way to the next crime.

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Tags: Bank of America·Banks & Bank Failures·David Rosenfeld·Dennis Kucinich·Merrill Lynch·Pay Packages & Bonuses·SEC

The “Wall Street Party” For This Week

August 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Wall Street

“Government” Sachs made $2.3 billion and paid out $4.8 billion in bonuses. Morgan Stanley earned $1.7 billion and paid $4.5 billion in bonuses. J.P. Morgan Chase made $5.6 billion and paid $8.7 billion in bonuses.

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Tags: Andrew Cuomo·Barney Frank·Financial Crisis·Goldman Sachs·Government Sachs·Jonathan Weil·JPMorgan Chase·Morgan Stanley·Pay Packages & Bonuses·Wall Street

Do You Know Who Andrew J. Hall Is?

July 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Wall Street

Ahhhh, the pleasure’s enjoyed from free taxpayer money! A $100 million will buy a lot.

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Tags: Andrew J. Hall·Citigroup·Energy Traders·Oil Speculators·Pay Packages & Bonuses·Phibro·Wall Street

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