Lloyd Blankfein

A tweet from Lauren LaCapra, who is a reporter at Reuters shows that activist shareholder Evelyn Davis has some ideas on who should replace Lloyd Blankfein as CEO of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). Davis wants Duncan Neiderauer to replace Blankfein, and her second choice is Bob Steel. According to...

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) shares are well off the lows of the session, down $1.08 to $159.71, a loss of 0.67%, as CEO Lloyd Blankfein is currently testifying for the government in the Raj Rajatratnam insider trading case. Goldman Sachs looks like it may turn positive, as the S&P and the...

Federal prosecutors plan to call Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein as a witness in the insider trading trial of Raj Rajaratnam as soon as today, a letter sent to the judge indicates. Blankfein was previously listed as a potential witness, but it was unclear if prosecutors actually...

FOX Business Network's Charlie Gasparino is reporting this afternoon that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) Chairman and CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, may be looking to leave the firm at the end of the year. Sources tell Gasparino that “there is no board pressure” for Blankfein to “step down or even give up power...

Earlier today, Fox Business New reporter Charlie Gasparino said that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) CEO Llod Blankfein would be leaving the firm shortly. A spokesperson has refuted those claims, saying they are not true.

Bloomberg is reporting that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, believes using clearinghouses increase risks in an “extreme” crisis. “I agree that clearinghouses make things less risky for the regular crisis, but in an extreme crisis that could affect the clearinghouse itself” and it's “...

…No, not bankruptcy; rather Charlie Gasparino is reporting on Fox Business Network that the bank may be broken up into a “Good Bank-Bad Bank.” While this sounds eerily similar to another troubled firm with toxic assets on its balance sheet, given Shorebank’s size and backing by the FDIC, this plan...

FOX Business Network’s (FBN) Charlie Gasparino is reporting that the FCIC committee investigation of Goldman Sachs headed up by Phil Angelides was launched after Sen. Carl Levin’s (D-Mich.) probe and Goldman is bracing for Lloyd Blankfein to be called for testimony. From Charlie Gasparino: “This is...

According to Fox Business Network's Charlie Gasparino, people close to Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) believe that Lloyd Blankfein "has become a lightening rod of criticism for the firm since he has been at the forefront of defending the firm's business practices, including selling clients securities...

Some executives and influential alumni of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) are doubtful whether the current Chief Executive of the bank, Lloyd C. Blankfein, will be able to survive the battle of allegations against the bank, according to people familiar with the situation. So far, there are no plans for...

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), through its internal policy revisions, plans to change some of its practices in dealing with institutional clients. These internal policy revisions come as pressure from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mounts on the bank. According to the Financial Times, the...

On Saturday, 40,000 Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) shareholders will gather in Omaha to attend the company’s annual meeting and listen to Warren Buffett. A topic that is sure to come up during the meeting is Berkshire’s investment in Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) during the financial crisis. Two...

Federal Prosecutors are now examining the transactions of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to decide whether to proceed with criminal fraud against the bank. The SEC had earlier filed a civil suit against Goldman. A criminal suit is much more complex and will impose more burden of proof on prosecutors...