A look at important issues that have come before the Securities Exchange Commission in the last year indicate that the agency is heavily politicized. Republican Commissioners Kathleen Casey and Troy Paredes voted against making…
Douglas A. McIntyre American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) had a big trading day, despite the news being perhaps a bit muted due to Friday’s SEC fraud charges filed against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS). …
Jon C. Ogg In terms of financial performance of their respective firms, Vikram Pandit the CEO of Citigoup Inc (NYSE: C) has been a goat for the last two years and Lloyd Blankfein has been a hero. Today, the…
Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) is not going anywhere. The 56-year-old banker has run the firm since May 31, 2006. During that time, the bank’s stock has done…
These are this Monday’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have links with more detail on the move, the relative data, and the news summaries to each story at VSInvestor.com:…
Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) will pay its London bankers a total 3.5 billion pounds. (Times of London) French firm L’Occitane Groupe plans a China based IPO to raise…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
These are the top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday morning: Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Neutral at UBS. Allergan Inc.…
Reuters: Goldmand Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE: GS) are standing behind the company. Reuters: Chinas said the chances of the yuan rising are more likely. Reuters: Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) is expect to…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) was warned about pending charges against it as early as nine months before the SEC charges were brought. SEC rules apparently do not require a public company…
Douglas A. McIntyre This weekend’s edition of the Unusual Suspects would have probably been all about earnings, earnings, earnings. Friday’s SEC-Goldman news changed that. Our cast of characters for this coming week’s Unusual Suspects include…
As news of the SEC complaint filed against Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is pushing everything else off the news feeds, this morning’s purchase of drug software company by Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) …
Trying to count options contracts in shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is nearly impossible, and this was copied from trade blotters with snapshots of 12:12 to 12:18 PM EST. …
Jon C. Ogg You have already seen the news most likely about how Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) was charged with civil fraud by the SEC over its conflicted role in certain CDOs. Goldman…
Jon C. Ogg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) was already getting negative press for profiteering from the demise of the mortgage market. It isn’t that it made billions off that, it is that it…
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