Despite FCIC Testimony To The Contrary, Goldman Sachs Borrowed Heavily From Fed's Discount Window
Video - Bloomberg on Goldman and foreign bank borrowing - Mar. 31, 2011
Video - Bloomberg on Goldman and foreign bank borrowing - Mar. 31, 2011
Editor's Note: In light of the Goldman theft detailed in today's report, we are reposting this story from last month.
Bloomberg highlights the FOIA non-compliance, and lack of transparency.
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Video - Bloomberg News reporter Mark Pittman was the first person to stand up and take on the Federal Reserve. He died Nov. 25, 2009, at the age of 52.
This seems an appropriate time to honor the man who started the effort.
By Alice Schroeder
What were they thinking? How could Warren Buffett excuse David Sokol’s trading in Lubrizol stock while Sokol was pitching the company to Berkshire Hathaway as an acquisition candidate?
On Wall Street, we call this kind of trading front-running, and everybody knows that it is wrong. People get fired for doing it.