Financial Statesmanship for a New Economy by John Fullerton Reactions to departing Goldman derivatives salesman Greg Smith’s “Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs,” which appeared as an op-ed in the NY Times last week, have ranged from the hyperbolic — Robert Reich’s “If you took the greed out of Wall …
Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs
Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs By GREG SMITH Published: March 14, 2012 TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London — I …
US-Israel partnership launches series of cleantech collaborative projects
View the latest deal leads and opportunities here. Deal News US-Israel partnership launches series of cleantech collaborative projects ForVEI purchases 3 PV plants in Italy EBRD dedicates €60m to Romania’s energy efficiency efforts PREMIUM: Eskom’s clean power efforts get $365m kickstart ABB leads energy management company Power Assure’s $13.5m funding round …
Leading companies sponsor new Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
Global Reporting Initiative Press Release For Immediate Release Wednesday 29 June 2011 Leading companies sponsor new Sustainability Reporting Guidelines Ten world-leading companies are the global sponsors of the next generation of sustainability reporting guidelines, announces the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today (Wednesday 29 June 2011). Alcoa, Enel, GE, Goldman Sachs, …
Will Big Oil and Oil Speculators Take the Enron Fall? Or will they continue to get away with highway robbery?
An Article from Greentech Media Will Big Oil and Oil Speculators Take the Enron Fall? Or will they continue to get away with highway robbery? By: Herman K. Trabish April 29, 2011 With a barrel of oil now above $112 and rising, the five major oil companies are announcing Q1 …
Gas Prices Up Because of LEGAL Speculation; Not Manipulation, Consumer Advocate Says
An article from Yahoo! Finance By Stacy Curtin | Daily Ticker – Mon, Apr 25, 2011 1:48 PM EDT The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline stands at $3.86 — more than 30 cents higher than just one month ago, according to AAA’s fuel gauge report. In …
Could Goldman Sachs Fail?
An article from The Baseline Scenario Could Goldman Sachs Fail? Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:11 AM PDT By Simon Johnson. This link to MIT Sloan’s website provides a partial transcript and video covering the points made below. If Goldman Sachs were to hit a hypothetical financial rock, would they be …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Aldo Bonati, Head of Research, ECPI, Milan, Italy
A publication from Emerging Markets ESG Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a practitioner’s insights about SRI in emerging markets and through Emerging Markets ESG shares this expertise with a wide global audience. The goals of Five Questions about SRI …
Computerized Front Running: Another Goldman-Dominated Fraud
Ellen Brown www.webofdebt.com/articles April 24, 2010 While the SEC is busy investigating Goldman Sachs, it might want to look into another Goldman-dominated fraud: computerized front running using high-frequency trading programs.
Sovereign Governments v. Lords of Finance
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