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  • Lloyd Blankfein Plays Dumb on Goldman Sachs Support for Jesse Jackson

    05/10/2010 11:49:45 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 4 replies · 573+ views
    National Legal & Policy Center ^ | May 9, 2010 | Peter Flaherty
    At the Goldman Sachs annual meeting on Friday, I had an unplanned exchange with CEO Lloyd Blankfein about Goldman's support of Jesse Jackson, who was at the meeting and kept popping up to speak. Jackson was acting adversarial toward Blankfein, even though Goldman Sachs is one of Jackson’s largest financial supporters. In hopes of ending this charade, I asked Blankfein to clarify the relationship between Goldman and Jackson as that of donor and recipient. Blankfein said he didn't know if Goldman supported Jackson. I challenged him by asking, "You do not know?" and "You give Jackson's group six-figure sums and...
  • Conspiracy Theory: Market dive was a warning from Goldman to Obama to Back Off

    05/07/2010 6:18:11 AM PDT · by grayhog · 30 replies · 1,245+ views
    wall street rumor mill | 5/7/10 | various
    Had a couple of conversations/phone calls floating this idea on Wall St -- Goldman tanked the market temporarily to send the message to Obama and his posse to back off. Pretty devious as conspiracy theories go, but not too far from the realm of believable given the state of affairs. If we see the finance bill get watered down, then maybe it worked.