With Republicans angry about the financial regulations pushed through by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, the securities and investment industry was the only major source of campaign contributions to switch sides in 2012 compared with 2008, giving a record...
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The Morgan Stanley headquarters in New York.
Wall Street Hedged No Election Bets
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JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, left, and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein leave the White House after they and 13 other bank heads met with President Barack Obama in this file photo.
Wall Street to Washington: Seriously — Get it Together, Bankers Say
The titans of Wall Street have a message for their counterparts in Washington: Knock it off. Fifteen bank chiefs, including JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs Group, fired off a letter to President Barack...
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Lloyd C. Blankfein says he would be willing to pay higher taxes if he felt the increase was part of a solution aimed at helping reduce the national debt.
Blankfein: Tax Me, If It Will Help
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein says he would be willing to pay higher taxes if he felt the increase was part of an overall solution aimed at helping reduce the national debt. “No one is...
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Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of the Goldman Sachs Group, at the Economic Club of Washington luncheon, on July 18, 2012.
Lloyd Blankfein Calls at White House
The White House welcomed Wall Street through its doors today with a visit from Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, who was in town to speak at the Economic Club of Washington. But it was not to meet with President Barack...
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