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Goldman Sachs: Greg Smith Op-Ed Triggers Internal Email 'Muppet' Hunt

Goldman Sachs: Did Greg Smith Op-Ed Trigger Internal Email 'Muppet' Hunt?

Goldman Sachs is planning to conduct a company-wide internal email scan to see if employees are really using derogatory terms like muppet to refer to their clients, a move triggered by last week's scathing op-ed by former employee Greg Smith. Smith tore into the investment and securities giant for its toxic, destructive and unethical environment after resigning earlier this month.
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Raindrops are seen in front of an Apple logo outside an Apple store in Shanghai February 22, 2012.

Apple's Cook Finally Shares $98 Billion Cache

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, moving swiftly after taking over from late Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, fulfilled a longstanding desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45 billion over three years.
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Facebook underwriters to get 1.1 pct fee -source

Facebook will pay just a 1.1 percent fee to underwriters of its initial public offering, according to a source with knowledge of the company's plans, doling out a much slimmer than typical payout.
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Goldman Sachs Source Leaked Apple, Intel Secrets: Reports

A source at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who has been neither charged nor identified in a broad U.S. insider-trading probe was heard via wiretap leaking secrets about Apple Inc. and the Intel Corp., an attorney for former Goldman Sachs board member Rajat Gupta said in court on Friday.
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Banks eye AIG toxic assets held by NY Fed: WSJ

Several banks including Goldman Sachs have shown an interest in buying American International Group Inc's complex and troubled assets tied to the insurer's bailout, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Explosive Goldman exit fuels Volcker rule push

The Goldman Sachs resignation letter heard around the world has increased pressure on U.S. regulators to quickly put in place a tough version of the Volcker rule, that forces Wall Street to stop betting aggressively for its own bottom line.
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SEC Offers Economic Analysis For Key Swaps Rule

The Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday released a new economic analysis that will be used to justify a critical final rule that will determine which companies will face new regulations of their derivatives trading.
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Ex-Googler Does His Best Ex-Goldman Sachs Executive Impression – Says Google+ Destroying Company

James Whittaker, a Microsoft executive who recently left Google after about three years, posted his Why I Left Google tell-all on a Microsoft blog a day before Greg Smith had his scathing Goldman Sachs op-ed posted in the New York Times. The Smith op-ed has taken the Internet and news world by storm in the first 24 hours since being posted. A London based executive director for the investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, Smith fired off a searing report March 14 on the company's toxic and des...
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Goldman banker always stuck to principles: former teacher

Greg Smith was a principled and competitive student, the kind of person whose strong sense of right and wrong probably pushed him to resign from Goldman Sachs in a scathing letter to an international newspaper, his former teacher and coach said.
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Goldman Sachs Loses $2.15 Billion of Its Market Value

The shares of Goldman Sachs dropped 3.4 percent in New York trading Wednesday, wiping $2.15 billion off its market value following allegations made by a former company executive that the firm took little interest in the clients and was also involved in exploiting them.
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Greg Smith Attacks Goldman Sachs: Is He A Hero, A Whistleblower Or Having A Midlife Crisis? [POLL]

Greg Smith did not choose the subtle approach for his exit from Goldman Sachs, where he had worked for 12 years. Instead, Greg Smith decided to post his resignation letter in The New York Times for the entire world to read. The resignation letter, entitled "Why I am Leaving Goldman Sachs," included scathing commentary on the "toxic" environment at the bank, its lack of "moral fiber" and the "muppets" who work there.
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Goldman Sachs Effect: Darth Vader Leaving Galactic Empire

In the wake of the resignation of Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith, The Daily Mash reports, in an exclusive interview, that the leader of the Galactic Empire, Darth Vader, will step down as leader of the most evil army in the galaxy.

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