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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) saw her net worth rise 62 percent last year, cementing her status as one of the wealthiest members of Congress. Pelosi was worth at least $35.2 million in the 2010 calendar year, according to a financial disclosure report released Wednesday. She reported a minimum of $43.4 million in assets and about $8.2 milion in liabilities.

Goldman Sachs set to cut 1,500 jobs Reuters Friday, January 25, 2008 LONDON — — U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs plans to release about 5 per cent of its global work force in coming months, a company spokesman said on Friday. Details of the cuts, which are set to take place across the bank's departments, are set to be announced by March, said the spokesman, adding this is part of the normal employee evaluation process. “We conduct performance reviews every year and this is part of that process,” said the spokesman. Goldman Sachs employs about 30,500 people worldwide, meaning the...