Wall Street Admits Curing Diseases is Bad for Business

Goldman Sachs has outdone itself this time. According to Goldman Sachs, curing people of terrible diseases is not good for Wall Street.

Lee Camp
作者 Lee Camp
Richard Hanzel, Brendan Hutt, Richard Shavzin

Goldman Sachs has outdone itself this time. That’s saying a lot for an investment firm that both helped cause and then exploited a global economic meltdown, increasing its own wealth and power while helping to boot millions of Americans out of their homes. But now Goldman Sachs is openly saying in financial reports that curing people of terrible

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Your Guide To Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci: Trump’s New Commander Of Communication

Apparently, an ex-Wall Street exec with the nickname “Mooch” is now the White House communications director

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作者 Common Dreams
Anthony Scaramucci, incoming White House communications director, speaks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Washington. White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

The Trump administration on Friday officially announced that Anthony Scaramucci—a former Goldman Sachs executive who describes himself simply as an "American entrepeneur"—will be the new White House communications director. At an afternoon briefing, Scaramucci spoke with reporters for the first time and announced that Sarah Huckabee Sanders will

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Opposition Condemns Goldman Sachs Purchase Of Venezuelan Bonds

Although the US$2.8 billion deal is a boost to the economy, opposition leaders accused Goldman Sachs of providing a “lifeline” to a “dictatorship.”

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作者 teleSUR
Opposition led National Assembly leader accused Goldman Sachs of supporting the "dictatorship" of President Maduro. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan opposition leaders have accused the major Wall Street investment bank, Goldman Sachs, of supporting a “dictatorial regime” for purchasing US$2.8 billion in bonds from the Venezuelan national oil company PDVSA, in spite of the fact that the purchase is a boost to the Venezuelan economy, Reuters reported. “Goldman Sachs has made an

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‘Goldman Sachs Populism’: Trump’s Tax Plan Benefits The Ultra-Wealthy

Chorus vows to fight regressive tax plan ‘tooth and nail’

Deirdre Fulton
作者 Deirdre Fulton
Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary, gets on an elevator after speaking with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump unveiled his latest giveaway to corporations and the ultra-wealthy on Wednesday, with a tax plan that would, according to one analyst, "personally help Trump enormously." The proposal, as outlined by Goldman Sachs alums and Trump administration officials Gary Cohn and Steven Mnuchin at the White House, would cut tax rates

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Radical Groups Attempt To Bomb EU Targets As Greek Tragedy Worsens

As Greece faces yet another bailout, radical groups are responding with force. Their nation is set to surrender its little remaining wealth to EU creditors in exchange for even more debt and austerity in what may be the final stage of the nation’s nine-year-long debt crisis.

Whitney Webb
作者 Whitney Webb
Supporters of the communist-affiliated union PAME burn a EU flag during an anti-austerity rally in Athens, Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2017. (AP/Yorgos Karahalis)

ATHENS - Last week, major financial institutions in Europe were put on notice when letter bombs were sent to the International Monetary Fund and the office of Germany’s financial minister. Only one of those bombs exploded and injuries were minimal. But not-so-coincidentally, both of those bombs, as well as eight others that were intercepted just

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Trump’s Historically Brutal Budget Eliminates 19 Federal Agencies, Boosts Military

“You see reductions in many agencies as he tries to shrink the role of government,” said White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney.

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作者 teleSUR
President Donald Trump smiles while speaking to a meeting of the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Ahead of its formal release Thursday, the White House unveiled key details about U.S. President Donald Trump's first budget proposal which would gut key departments, going as far to entirely eliminate 19 federal agencies, all in the name of boosting military spending and increasing "border security". While nothing in the budget is a surprise

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