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Goldman Sachs has admitted the Investment Bank business model is not viable;

PN point, they've declared Investment banking as not viable for them, that is:

  • Not viable with their expectations of X% yearly profit growth (where X is a large number for their industry.)

  • Not viable now they've lost a huge heap of money from risky investments.
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Mon Sep 29th, 2008 at 05:30:56 AM EST
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PN taken.

I'm distinguishing "Investment Banking" of the Wall Street variety from the kind of "Commercial Banking" that Jerome does.

Properly, Jerome does Investment Banking and Wall Street did Speculation Banking but that's the nature of doublespeak.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 29th, 2008 at 05:33:22 AM EST
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This isn't a bailout - it's a round of civil war on Wall St.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Sep 29th, 2008 at 05:48:07 AM EST
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