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Goldman Faces Myriad Legal Challenges

Conventional wisdom in legal circles has long held that Goldman Sachs (GS.N) might escape further large fines or criminal charges for its role in the 2007-2009 financial crisis after reaching a $550 million settlement with securities regulators in July 2010.
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Warren Buffett: Altruistic Defender of American Icons or Shrewd Profit Seeker?

Legendary investor Warren Buffett made a phone call to Bank of America CEO Brian T. Moynihan on Aug. 24 and offered to invest a staggering $5 billion in the bank. The Bank of America shares had been in doldrums amid questions over its liquidity situation and rumors that it would need a massive capital injection.
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Analysis: Buffett Trades off his Reputation, Returns Follow

Warren Buffett showed again this week that his name and money is enough to give a struggling company instant credibility in the market. But the legendary investor also demonstrated his canny command of that reputation means that such deals can immediately generate profits.
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4 Reasons Gold Will Rise, Sooner Than Later

The big price drop Wednesday in the price of gold is not the beginning of a trend, say analysts, but rather a pause in a longer term bull market that has a lot farther to run.
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Oil Price Outlook sours, Citi Sees 20 pct Fall

Several major banks cut sharply their oil price forecasts on Tuesday, with Citigroup saying that even if the United States printed more money, oil would stay depressed by weak economic growth and fresh supplies from Libya.
A motorist pumps fuel into his vehicle at JJ's Express Gas Plus station in Phoenix gas station in Phoenix

Oil Up on Libya Strife, Manufacturing Data

Oil prices rose on Tuesday, boosted by better-than-expected manufacturing data in Germany and China and by uncertainty in Libya where government loyalists staged a fight back.
At Issue: Oil Prices

Sanders Sponsors Bill to Curb Oil Speculation

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says speculators have contributed to oil’s high price – hurting the U.S. economy and wreaking havoc on family budgets, and he’s proposed a bill that he believes will help stop it.
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Credit Suisse to Buy All of Hedging-Griffo-Report

Credit Suisse Group (CSGN.VX) will buy the nearly 50 percent stake it does not own of Brazilian investment fund Hedging-Griffo, which the Swiss bank will make its sole asset management platform in Latin America's biggest economy, a local newspaper reported on Monday.
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Layoffs Sweep Wall Street, Along with Low Morale

In early summer, before layoffs began sweeping across Wall Street, billboard-sized photos of employees were plastered on the walls, pillars and elevator banks of Credit Suisse Group AG's offices in the United States and abroad.
Republican presidential candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry poses for a photograph with members of the local police department after a campaign stop at Harvey's Bakery and Coffee Shop in Dover, New Hampshire

Rick Perry Risks Scaring Wall Street Republicans

Presidential hopeful Rick Perry's brash appeal to the Republican Party's fiscally conservative base may fall flat with big donors who favor a more moderate candidate to challenge President Barack Obama in the 2012 election.
ator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is interviewed by a Reuters reporter at Sanders' office in Burlington, Vermont

U.S. Oil Speculative Data Released by Senator, Ssparking Ire

Oil trading data that exposed the extensive positions speculators held in the run-up to record high prices in 2008 were intentionally leaked by a U.S. senator, sparking broader concern about industry confidentiality as Congress moves on Wall Street reform.
HP CEO Leo Apotheker speaks to the press after delivering the keynote address at the HP Summit in San Francisco

HP may drop PCs, to buy Autonomy for $11.7 bln

Hewlett-Packard Co may spin off the world's largest PC business, part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market, including killing its new tablet and buying British software company Autonomy Corp for as much as $11.7 billion.
Bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach testifies in court in Los Angeles

At trial, Gundlach describes bad vibes from SocGen exec

Star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach did not instruct anyone to copy analytic systems from his former employer, Trust Company of the West, but did devise a "defensive plan" in the event he would be fired, he testified in court.

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