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Germany's BayernLB Cuts Ties With Goldman
And so the real fallout begins. From Reuters: "German landesbank BayernLB
[BAYB.UL] said on Wednesday it cut ties to Goldman Sachs in response to U.S. regulatory action against the Wall Street
bank, the first sign of a loss of business in Germany."
A spokeswoman for Goldman Sachs declined to comment.
BayernLB's action comes days after the Securities and
Exchange Commission accused Goldman Sachs of defrauding
investors by failing to say that a prominent hedge fund manager
bet against a Goldman subprime debt product that he helped
design.
Germany warned it would do this. It is doing it. It took them 24 hours. German efficiency.
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What else would you expect from Germans? ;)
It's the way of the Huns. Guilty until proven innocent. Take them out back to the firing squad before trial begins. Innocence can never be proven.
Crude but efficient.
eliminates lawyers... that has to be worth something
Well, Goldman hasn't disputed many of the facts, have they? They've only disputed whether or not their acts were illegal. They have offerred "defense", stupid crap like "we lost money". I can completely understand a bank not wanting to do business with a broker that has, for all intents and purposes, acknowledged the despicable, but apparently commonplace conditions that led to bringing this case.
Are you trying to be funny?
Yeah no wonder they almost took over Europe twice. It is much more effective than empty rhetoric which is all the majority of the global nations are good for at this point in history.
they basically did take over Europe the second time.. they just couldn't take over the world
Herr Hitler just made the mistake of deciding to forcefully acquire Lebensraum from the Ruskies.
Dutch parliament also wants to get rid of GS as a house banker. Let's pray many more countries will follow.
Who are we supposed to hate more here? The squid or the Germans?
Uuuhhhhmmmm, Germans.
I've done business with plenty of them. Good people for the most part. Much less bullshit, more substance.
Despise the Squid, admire the Germans. Buy German cars. Don't buy anything from GS.
Concur. I actually really LIKE Germans, my message above was stated incorrectly. They are nice people for the most part, and all that I've dealt with have real integrity. Rare.
Hate the Germans?? You mean APPLAUD the Germans.
Well, that settles it. I'm hating the squid.
I am still waiting for the first GS alum in the coming months to leave and write a tell all blockbuster of the daily practices that occurs at Goldman. The first book will command the largest sum and the man/woman will be lauded as a hero. I expect most are looking for a potential exit or considering opening up their own funds.
Cramer is rumored to be thinking about it?!
Cramer can write? Really? I thought the only two words he knows are "BUY BUY BUY" and "SELL SELL SELL". And he has big happy buttons to help him out. So unless its a pop-up book, we can safely rule Cramer out.
Accountability, how quaint. We don't do that here any more.
Maybe I need to move the family to Bavaria.
Go Germany!
der Schneeball
GOLDMAN'S HEROES:
http://williambanzai7.blogspot.com/2010/04/goldmans-heroes.html
GOLDMAN'S HEROES:
http://williambanzai7.blogspot.com/2010/04/goldmans-heroes.html
Der Vampirtintenfisch ist kaput.
Well done Germany!
I sent them a congratulatory email for having morals as opposed to the rest of their industry.
http://www.bayernlb.de/internet/en/investor_relations/Contact.html
Another tradegy in the surreal comedy starring the German Landesbanken.
- BayernLB dreamt of expanding via Austrian Hypo Alpe Adria Bank and in the end they took the baseball bat straight up.
- Hamburger HSH Nordbank tried itself in shipping containers
- Baden-Wuerttemberg LBBW inflated like a balloon and burst...
- ....
http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/0,2828,667171,00.html
Some things never change:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitulary_for_the_Jews
Am I the only one who remembers Monty Burns and the Germans?
Burns: "(sarcastic) Oooh, the Germans are mad at me... I'm so scared! Oooooh, the Germans... Uh oh... (chorus of Germanic-sounding voices saying 'Stop it, Burns') The Germans are coming after me... Oh, don't let the Germans come after me... Oh, the Germans are coming after me... No, they're so big and strong... Protect me from the Germans! The Germans!"
Damn, Blankfein even looks like Montgomery Burns.
Link to sound file (WARNING: starts playing automagically):
http://www.moviewavs.com/php/sounds/?id=bst&media=MP3S&type=TV_Shows&movie=Simpsons"e=germans.txt&file=germans.mp3DAS BOOT...LOL
HAHAHAHA... +10
DAS BOOT!!! Lloyd is giving them "the eye of the jew".