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We didn't have a massive short against the housing market and we certainly did not bet against our clients
Goldman Sachs documents released Apr 26, 2010
Certain of our businesses had disappointing results as we reduced our market risk in response to attempting to manage fluctuations in prices and market liquidity
Goldman misses 2Q mark; announces job cuts Jul 19, 2011
We didn't have a massive short against the housing market
For Goldman, a subpoena, business as usual Jun 02, 2011
It sounds to me a little bit like selling a car with faulty brakes and then buying an insurance policy on the buyer of those cars
Economic Outlook: Fault lines Jan 14, 2010
Questions have been raised that have gone to the heart of our must fundamental value: How we treat our clients
Blankfein at Goldman to keep both jobs May 07, 2010
Lloyd Craig Blankfein (born September 20, 1954) is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Goldman Sachs. He has been in this position since the May 31, 2006 nomination of former CEO Henry Paulson as Secretary of the Treasury under George W. Bush.
Blankfein was born in the Bronx borough of New York City, raised Jewish and reared in Brooklyn's Linden Houses, part of the New York City Housing Authority. His father was a clerk with the U.S. Postal Service branch in the Manhattan borough of New York City and his mother, a receptionist. As a boy, he worked as a concession vendor at Yankee Stadium. He received primary and secondary education in the public schools of the New York City Department of Education, and was the valedictorian at Thomas Jefferson High School in 1971. He attended Harvard, where he lived in Winthrop House, and earned his B.A. degree in 1975. In 1978, Blankfein received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.
Blankfein worked as a corporate tax lawyer for the law firm Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine. In 1981, he joined Goldman's commodities trading arm, J. Aron & Co., as a precious metals salesman in its London office.