Following months of intense negotiations, the Senate passed their Financial Reform bill on Thursday night with a 59-39 vote. And while this is a major step forward in reigning in the out-of-control financial industry, the House and Senate must still reconcile their differing versions of legislation,...

With the way that Goldman Sachs— and CEO Lloyd Blankfein and investor Farbrice Tourre in particular—have been vilified in the past weeks, it seems like the SEC, Congress and the public in general are trying to find one party to shift all of the blame for the financial crisis onto. Of course, it ...

Ever since the financial breakdown hit in 2008, there has been public outcry over the fact that no one from Wall Street has had legal charges brought against them for their involvement in the crisis. That all changed today when the Security and Exchange Commission filed charges against Goldman Sachs...