How Goldman Sachs Became a Tech-Investing Powerhouse

Re:How Goldman Sachs Became a Tech-Investing Powerhouse by mcv on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @11:08AM (#9962041)

Why does Goldman Sachs still exist? Shouldn't they be in prison or something? How do they still have customers after they were so proud of screwing their own customers?

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Re:How Goldman Sachs Became a Tech-Investing Powerhouse by atmosx on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @11:13AM (#9962088)

I feel you. For those who don't, here are a few relevant readings:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-great-american...

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2009/10/how...

That said, it's not Goldman's fault as much as it is the US gov's fault... It's failure to regulate that financial industry is humongous.

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Re:How Goldman Sachs Became a Tech-Investing Powerhouse by philfrasty on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @12:39PM (#9962798)

We should not forget about GS, Greece and the EU....

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Re:How Goldman Sachs Became a Tech-Investing Powerhouse by s73v3r on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @04:34PM (#9964296)

GS is still the one doing the actions. These actions are done by people who are perfectly capable of telling right from wrong.

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Re:How Goldman Sachs Became a Tech-Investing Powerhouse by prostoalex on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @11:29PM (#9966009)

It's a collection of companies. An investment bank, a wealth management firm, a bank, a trader backed by its own assets, a trader for other people through an online and offline brokerages, a mutual fund operator, an IPO underwriter, a real estate owner and operator, a storage facility for commodities.

Each side of business has its own customers who have their own set of motivations.

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Re:How Goldman Sachs Became a Tech-Investing Powerhouse by caskance on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @04:22PM (#9964234)

Why should they be in prison for screwing their customers? Is that illegal?

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