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The real tipper inside Goldman Sachs

The defense in Rajat Gupta's trial is bent on showing that someone other than Gupta was the one providing inside information at Goldman Sachs.

Banks continue to sell out stakes in China banks

Goldman Sachs has reportedly sold $2.5 billion worth shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, nearly all of which was bought by Temasek, the Singapore sovereign wealth fund. Recall that...

Deals to make a comeback soon?

The falloff in deal activity in the third quarter of 2011 was unfortunate for many investment bankers, who had made great headway in reviving the deal economy in the two previous quarters.

JPMorgan's model investment banker

The brouhaha over Goldman Sachs' conflicted role in the Kinder Morgan takeover of El Paso and the Greg Smith's op-ed piece in the New York Times has led to lots of hand-wringing across the industry.

New boutique pitches conflict-free status

Just how important are conflicts of interest to companies aiming to hire a deal advisor?

Ending investment banking conflicts

Goldman Sachs has been pilloried for failing to deal with conflicts of interest in an ethical manner.

Lawyers rapped for bank conflicts of interest

Goldman Sachs has been roundly trashed for its conflicted role in the Kinder Morgan takeover of El Paso. But the bottom line is that the deal went through. Shareholders approved of it by a more than comfortable margin and the banks got paid.

El Paso shareholders approve deal

There was a lot of last-minute controversy, thanks to Goldman Sachs, but in the end, El Paso shareholders approved the takeover by Kinder Morgan as expected.

Doubt surrounds Kinder Morgan takeover

Is Kinder Morgan's $21 billion (and counting) takeover of El Paso in doubt?

Goldman Sachs tops in 2011 investment banking fees

Goldman Sachs is getting pilloried all over again--some things never change--for the advisory work conflicts of interests that have incensed so many, including a Delaware Chancery Court judge who recently issued a scathing account.