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Exclusive: Goldman group set to buy message system as alternative to Bloomberg - sources
Reuters ^ | Sunday Auf 4, 2014 14 hours ago | By Lauren Tara LaCapra and Jennifer Saba

Posted on 08/03/2014 8:04:46 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street firms led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc are close to buying a stake in chat and instant messaging startup Perzo Inc in pursuit of an alternative to a similar application from Bloomberg LP, sources familiar with Goldman's plans said.

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloomberg; goldmansachs; perzo; spying

1 posted on 08/03/2014 8:04:46 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: SeekAndFind; SunkenCiv; blam
Related thread:

BUSTED: Bloomberg News Caught Spying On Goldman Sachs Through Bloomberg Terminals

2 posted on 08/03/2014 8:09:09 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

So they can more efficiently peddle pump-and-dumps to the proper suckers.

ONE person from Goldman was jailed —a guy who emailed himself some lines of code.

Goldman peddled securities that was sure to fail, then bet against those securities, engineered a collapse and sicced the US gummint on one of their innocent employees.


3 posted on 08/03/2014 8:09:29 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

I know nothing about that , but see related thread at #2.


4 posted on 08/03/2014 8:14:16 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Isn’t it illegal to spy on the government?


5 posted on 08/03/2014 8:42:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: gaijin

That’s one reason (among many) I stuck with index funds.


6 posted on 08/03/2014 8:56:15 PM PDT by Ken H
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