Matthew Goldstein

Recent Articles by Matthew Goldstein

April 21, 2009

Goldman: The Same as It Ever Was

I'm not sure if Goldman Sachs (GS) Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein is a big Led Zeppelin fan. But the investment firm's first-quarter earnings release got me thinking ...

April 17, 2009

Did Stanford Keep Two Sets of Books?

Did disgraced financier R. Allen Stanford keep two sets of books at his controversial offshore bank in Antigua? That appears to be the preliminary finding of the ...

April 14, 2009

Goldman, Give It All Back

If Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein wants to put his money where his mouth is, he won't stop with just giving back the $10 billion in federal bailout money the ...

April 3, 2009

Feds Target Stanford Assets

U.S. securities regulators are continuing to tighten the screws on R. Allen Stanford by going after assets that his embattled offshore bank has in Britain. Meanwhile, ...

March 31, 2009

Break Up the Banks

President Barack Obama delivered a stern and badly needed warning to General Motors (GM) and Chrysler about the need to come up with a credible turnaround plan, or ...

March 30, 2009

Allen Stanford: A Libyan Connection?

Did disgraced financier R. Allen Stanford cut a business deal last fall with the government of Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi? Last November, Stanford may have met ...

March 26, 2009

Stanford 'Is Not Madoff'

Alleged fraudster R. Allen Stanford is gunning for a fight. Dick DeGuerin, the celebrated Houston criminal defense lawyer representing Stanford, came out firing verbal...

March 3, 2009

Stanford's Rocky Start

With R. Allen Stanford, the alleged mastermind of an $8 billion fraud that has snared depositors in his offshore bank, appearances long have been deceiving. In 1984, ...

February 25, 2009

SEC Dates Stanford Probe to 2005

Securities regulators, who are under fire from critics for the pace of their investigations into two major financial frauds, now say they were on the trail of ...

February 23, 2009

Did Court Ruling Prolong Stanford Probe?

Is the U.S. Supreme Court partly to blame for prolonging R. Allen Stanford's alleged $8 billion fraud involving questionable certificates of deposit sold by his ...