Tag Archives: Investment Banks

Will Blankfein be the sacrificial goat?

Posted on May 10, 2010 by claudiadeutsch

There’s a lot of talk going around that Goldman Sachs is begging the SEC to settle its fraud suit, and that it is agreeing to pay as much as $1 billion in fines just to make the whole thing go … Continue reading →

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And yet more proof that retention bonuses are stupid

Posted on November 1, 2009 by claudiadeutsch

There’s an excellent piece in the NYTimes chronicling the many times Citigroup has risen and fallen over the last decade. I do remember, in fact, when Sandy Weill, head of Travelers (which many of you may not realize actually evolved … Continue reading →

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So, are the banks indulging in ostentation, generosity or good marketing?

Posted on August 12, 2009 by claudiadeutsch

That’s not a rhetorical question.  I can’t decide where I stand on this — and how often do you hear that admission from me? Apparently, the investment banks — the highflyers like Goldman Sachs as well as the strugglers like … Continue reading →

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Let the banks bid for AIG business

Posted on August 12, 2009 by claudiadeutsch

Image via Wikipedia The NYTimes is appalled that the same folks that benefitted from the AIG bailout — Goldman, JPMorgan, by now you know all the hated names — now stand to make close to $1 billion in fees by … Continue reading →

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Strike another one for us codgers!

Posted on April 21, 2009 by claudiadeutsch

The MetLife Mature Market Institute and Boston College’s Sloan Center on Aging and Work just issued Engaging the 21st Century Multi-Generational Workforce, a study that confirms what us grayhairs have known all along: Companies guilty of age discrimination are shooting … Continue reading →

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