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How A Player In The Trump-Russia Scandal Led A Double Life As An American Spy

Felix Sater has been cast as a Russian mafioso, a career criminal, and a key business associate of President Donald Trump's — but he spent more than two decades as an intelligence asset who helped the US government track terrorists and mobsters. “Greed is my go-to weapon.”

Hillary Clinton Takes On Hedge Funds, High-Frequency Traders

Clinton's plan to rein in modern Wall Street: taxing high-frequency trading, closing a loophole in the "Volcker rule," regulating risk across banks and hedge funds. "I’m going to go after what I think are the real problems, not the problems of the past."

An "Avalanche" Of Selling Broke Records At Goldman

A Goldman executive familiar with the matter said that the strange, violent market movements on Wednesday led to the most activity ever on some desks with Goldman's clients.

Thousands Of Climate Activists Stage Protest On Wall Street

Crowds gathered in downtown Manhattan on Monday to stage a protest to draw attention to climate change. Sunday's march in New York drew hundreds of thousands of people and was one of 2,646 events in 156 countries calling for action.

Goldman: We're Too Big To Sue

The giant bank points to the huge scope of its business as a defense against a pay discrimination suit. Goldman lawyers said there was no evidence of a company-wide policy that disadvantaged women in pay and promotion

JPMorgan's Profits Decline 8% From Last Year, But Less Than Expected

Despite declines in revenues from mortgages and trading, the largest bank in the country beat out analysts' expectations with $6 billion in profits. In his first public comments since being diagnosed with throat cancer, CEO Jamie Dimon said he was "feeling great."

Felonies For Financial Firms?

Wall Street's chief enforcement agent, Preet Bharara, said in a speech before the Security Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) that it won't be too long before "a significant financial institution will be charged with a felony or be made to plead guilty to a felony." Bharara has been a leading advocate for holding institutions themselves, and not just people, accountable for crimes and has aggressively been going after financial firms and white-collar criminals in particular.

Meet The Most Photographed Trader On Wall Street

Peter Tuchman has been on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for almost 30 years. He's seen it all, and if you've read a Wall Street-related story over that time, you've probably seen him.

Facebook Executive Comments Just Erased Its Share Price Gains

Facebook's stock rose 15% just after the report came out, but it gave back most of those gains during the earnings call. Still, it's the second quarter in which Facebook has delivered a blowout report, and the stock has more than doubled in the past year.

The Dating Perils Of The Modern Finance Bro

BuzzFeed conducted a highly unscientific, informal survey in the bars of Stone Street to find out what goes on in a finance bro's heart. Based on a random sample of fellows from Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs, we found that for the bros of Wall Street, the line between feeling objectified and doing the objectifying is blurry.

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