President Obama's sit down session with 14 chief executives on Wednesday afternoon went swimmingly. At least from the Obama administration's point of view it did.
John Travolta points out it would have been difficult for him to paw at his masseur and give him graphic lectures on how Hollywood works because he was on the other side of the country, Matthew Fox's ill-fated fast food run, and Johnny Depp stocks up on chairs.
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.
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.
And not just any lawyer: Reid Weingarten has also defended Enron and WorldCom
On life after Weinergate, China's economic supremacy, and a defense of Goldman Sachs
The episode caused a major rift between Goldman bankers and Libyan officials
The New York Times paints a much more lively picture than the Journal
Jamie Dimon's pay package doubled, not that you'd know from The Wall Street Journal
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