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Goldman's ever-troubling roll in AIG mess

We've heard a lot about the Goldman Sachs (GS) dogfight with AIG (AIG) that ultimately led to billions of dollars in bailout funds going to Goldman Sachs via AIG to pay off CDS obligations. Thanks to... Read more...

AIG seeks to end bonus controversy

The headlines may well scream that AIG (AIG)--the one financial company that absolutely cannot argue that it did not need a taxpayer bailout--is paying another $100 million in bonuses to folks in its... Read more...

Why AIG info was really withheld

It's not so much that Goldman Sachs (GS) is favored by regulators, but that it is seen by the public as favored by regulators. And that's precisely what drove the Fed to withhold names of AIG (AIG)... Read more...

Profitable bank bailouts

There's been a whole lot of public anger about the bailouts of big Wall Street firms. But whether it was wise or not to bail out the top banks, at least it did not cost taxpayers an arm and a leg. In... Read more...

A great financing environment?

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Broad Market Corporate Index has gained 1.02 percent this year, which Bloomberg says is the best start since 1998. At the same time, the environment for... Read more...

Before the storm: No calm at AIG

The financial crisis at AIG (AIG) exploded in the media in a big way in 2008. But a full year before that, executives and others at the now disgraced insurer were voicing concern about the company's... Read more...

When will AIG cut government ties?

Now that Bank of America (BAC), Citi (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) have extricated themselves from TARP and are basically off the public dole, you might be wondering about that other behemoth known as... Read more...

Britain's one-time tax on bonuses

Kenneth Feinberg has proven to be a thorn in the side of top Wall Street firms, the TARP babies anyway. The Fed's pay rules are also a pain. And firms are gearing up for more PR angst as they dole... Read more...

Goldman Sachs bankers, to arms!

Granted, Goldman Sachs has endured some public abuse as of late, but has it come to the point that Goldman Sachs bankers need to arm themselves? A Bloomberg column finds that "senior Goldman people"... Read more...

Vanity Fair weighs in on Goldman Sachs

It's tempting to interpret the Vanity Fair article on Goldman Sachs (GS) as more media piling on. But the fact is it may actually be doing the firm some good. For one thing, it passed on the now... Read more...