Investigations are being launched by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to see if their employees were spied on by Bloomberg reporters, too. But they may find Bloomberg reporters didn't always use the terminals to get scoops. They used them for fun on slow days, instead.
Goldman Sachs was not happy to learn that Bloomberg News reporters had access to information about the working hours and news habits of its staff via the terminals it leases from Bloomberg. And given the money at stake, Bloomberg was probably even less happy.
For the first time since 2006, Goldman Sachs hosted one of its famous partners galas, and we know all about the lavish affair thanks to... Instagram, meaning the recession has officially ended and photo sharing apps are legitimate reporting tools.
Michael Lewis on Goldman Sachs, Steve Kornacki on the remaking of the GOP, Charles C.W. Cooke on Black History Month, Jennifer Vanasco on pedophilia in the Boy Scouts, and Michael Tomasky on the paranoia of the NRA.
Ezra Klein on tax reform, Alex Pareene on Republican rebranding, Amy Davidson on military sex scandals, Emer O'Toole on Savita, and Stephen Gandel on Goldman Sachs.
Today in books and publishing: Conflicting takes on Why I Left Goldman Sachs; Amazon "are not pleasant people to do business with"; the genre markings of literary fiction; Animal Farm to be filmed.
Photocopied excerpts of Why I Left Goldman Sachs: A Wall Street Story the tell-all by former Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith, who quit the finance firm in a New York Times op-ed, have started making their way around Wall Street, before the book's official release on Monday.
Today in books and publishing: SEAL's nudges Fifty Shades off top spot; Lewinsky shopping book; iTunes is Vagina-shy; former Goldman banker gets memoir deal.
The latest round of layoffs at Goldman Sachs was small, just 50 staffers, but it was notable for who got cut: not rank-and-file workers but some people with big titles and, of course, big bonuses.
Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, doesn't do live television very often but he was booked both CNBC and Bloomberg this morning, exciting financial reporters and observers.
The news that 98 percent Goldman Sachs employees' emailed "muppet" mentions were reference to the recent Jason Segal movie or intra-office name-calling is funny enough without mocking the reporter who brought us such a giggly scoop.
It's not quite enough to make one feel bad for Goldman Sachs, but the panic kicked off by Nicholas Kristof's reporting on the investment bank's stake in Backpage.com was so obvious we're inclined to believe the firm might not have known the extent of the site's alleged facilitation of sex trafficking.
It pays to be bitter, if you choose the right target, and Greg Smith certainly did with Goldman Sachs.
If we're to believe The New York Post, it appears the bidding war for ex-Golman Sachs executive and New York Times' op-ed writer Greg Smith's memoir is about to scratch the $1 million mark--roughly double Smith's salary while working for the Vampire Squid.
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Goldman Sachs is going to search through its employees' emails for any mentions of the word "muppet" to make sure they're not mistreating clients, which seems like a silly way to enforce good conduct.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is very disappointed in the way the media has handled the story of Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith's very public (and very expensive) resignation, except for one outlet. Hint: It's the only news wire named for a billionaire.
Greg Smith's unflattering glimpse into Goldman Sachs' corrupt culture triggered a financial blow to the firm Wednesday, as the company lost $2.15 billion of its market value, making Smith's 1,283-word op-ed worth a whopping $1.675 million per word.
There have obviously been plenty of unflattering headlines about Goldman in the past few years. We decided to look at just one aspect of their record: SEC charges levied against Goldman and its employees over the past decade.
Rumors are already starting to fly out of Goldman Sachs that Greg Smith, who resigned from the investment bank in the pages of The New York Times, was a small-time employee upset over his small bonus, which only confirms the cutthroat corporate culture Smith accused the company of perpetuating.
Calling the environment he works in "toxic and destructive," an executive director of Goldman Sachs announced he's quitting the firm today because he can no longer stomach what his beloved company has become.
Also: Monaco's Prince Pierre Casiraghi might have started the New York City bar fight in which his jaw was broken, Chelsea Handler's famous friends supposedly don't care for her, and former Village Voice film critic Jim Hoberman has a new job.
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein attracted notice Monday when the Human Rights Campaign posted a 30-second video on the Web that features his endorsement of same-sex marriage.
Yesterday was Bonus Day at Goldman Sachs, when nervous employees learned the fate of their year-end paychecks.
We heard murmurs late last year that pay at Wall Street firms will be way down for 2011 -- and now, as banks are finalizing their end-of-year bonuses, we're getting indication that the cuts will be pretty drastic.
Matt Taibbi, who used the phrase "vampire squid" when referring to Goldman Sachs in a 2009 Rolling Stone article, was not proud of his creation in an interview with Dealbook's Kevin Roose.
One of the reasons Occupy Wall Street has been so notable is the movement's often outrageous creativity in coming up with protest tactics, and their latest one is one of the strangest and most specific.
On Wednesday and Thurday night, Occupy Princeton protesters visited information sessions for J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs, respectively.
As Groupon's gearing up for it's long-awaited initial public offering on Friday, Business Insider editor Henry Blodget explains why Goldman Sachs is promoting the notion that it's "oversubscribed."
Goldman Sachs, the U.S.'s largest investment bank, lost $428 million during its third quarter, reports Reuters.
The bank is serious about implementing it's $1.2 billion dollar cost-cutting measures
Plus: Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma among this year's Kennedy Center honorees
Banks stocks are getting killed
Misrepresented loans yield another batch of lawsuits, this time from a housing authority
In order to sell off their mortgage unit, Goldman had to make a deal with the government
And not just any lawyer: Reid Weingarten has also defended Enron and WorldCom
Files related to Bernie Madoff and the 2008 crisis were lost in a sanctioned purge
The investment bank hoards aluminum and collects rent on it
The heads of Goldman Sachs and Bank of America want a deal cut this week
$1.05 billion earnings, up 77 percent, does not beat analyst expectations
The Rolling Stone writer suggests Sorkin's reporting on Goldman is a conflict of interest
A rumor of a "private Goldman grill" at the always mobbed New York burger stand
The focus is a $50 million fee to compensate for financial losses with the firm
On life after Weinergate, China's economic supremacy, and a defense of Goldman Sachs
The firm contends a report on its role in the housing collapse relies on "sloppy math"
But they probably will escape criminal charges
After a report relied on a laptop found in a dumpster, the paper denies "hacking"
The episode caused a major rift between Goldman bankers and Libyan officials
He used to sit to be a ranking member on the Senate's banking committee
The ruler spread the country's oil money in numerous big financial institutions
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