The content of several paid speeches Hillary Clinton gave to Goldman Sachs has become an issue of contention: publicly, Clinton has condemned the banks for their role in the 2008 financial crisis; might she have been any less reproachful behind closed doors?
Female former Goldman Sachs employees that sued the behemoth financial institution in 2010 are now seeking class action status, claiming that Goldman treats its female employees like second-class citizens as a matter of course. Color me shocked.
A paradigmatic shift in denim fashion is upon us. After years of low-cut skinny-jean dominance, a new era of high-waisted jeans is coming. You cannot stop the tide from turning; your only choice is how to cope.
Goldman Sachs managing director Jason Lee is facing arraignment on charges of raping a woman at his rental Hamptons getaway this summer. His publicist says he's a “very accomplished individual” — as we all know, rich accomplished men always fully understand the meaning of sexual consent — who looks forward to…
There's been some debate lately over how the ladies are treated at Goldman Sachs, given the firm's recent announcement that only 14 percent of its new partners are female. Some dudes hypothesized that women were perhaps too busy with babies and cookies (yep) to make it to the top, while others suggested that maybe,…
Investment bank Goldman Sachs isn't one of America's most popular institutions right now—given the country's anti-Wall Street sentiment and their participation in the near total collapse of the global economy. And now things are about to get a teensy bit worse for them. After a little digging, Nick Kristof of the New…
Four orders of nuns that invest with Goldman Sachs are asking the board to review its "excessive" compensation policy — a policy that nearly doubled Lloyd Blankfein's salary in the past year. From their mouths to God's ears.
If Goldman Sachs' PR nightmare of recent years hasn't quite abated, here's the perfect counterbalance: They love women! So much!
Meet J.C. Davies! She's a blogger, former investment banker, and the author of a book about inter-racial dating. In it, she addresses questions including, "Are Jewish men really cheap?" and "Are all Indian men well versed in the Kama Sutra?"
The case of one of the women suing Goldman Sachs for discrimination has been dismissed, which could also mean a settlement. Charlotte Hanna, fired one week before returning from maternity leave, had said working mothers were "second-class citizens'' at Goldman.
More allegations have emerged from the sexual harassment lawsuit three women filed yesterday against Goldman Sachs, including company-sponsored strip club nights followed by unwanted groping, racially insensitive emails, unequal pay, and clerical assignments equally-ranking men weren't asked to perform.
According to three women, the "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity," Goldman Sachs, is also not so great to its female employees. They're suing the firm for gender discrimination. What are the charges?
The word of the day, ladies and gentlemen, is "shitty." And we have Senators McCaskill and Levin to thank for that.
When a reporter asked Goldman Sachs' spokeswoman about the fact that only 19 percent of the 272 newly-promoted managing directors were women, the spokeswoman asked what that "had to do with [an] article about discrimination on Wall Street." [Bloomberg]
A reminder even contemplating how women would run Wall Street remains a pipe dream: A discrimination lawsuit has been filed against Goldman Sachs by a mother of two. But did she choose her fate? The reactions are instructive.
[Washington, D.C., November 16. Image via Getty]
