Comments on: The SEC is harsher on Dell than on Blankfein http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/07/22/the-sec-is-harsher-on-dell-than-on-blankfein/ A slice of lime in the soda Sat, 25 May 2013 00:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: MalJoe http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/07/22/the-sec-is-harsher-on-dell-than-on-blankfein/comment-page-1/#comment-17004 MalJoe Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:07:11 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=4835#comment-17004 Might this having to do with the different political campaigns Blankfein and Dell have donate to? Might this having to do with the different political campaigns Blankfein and Dell have donate to?

]]> By: CDNrebel http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/07/22/the-sec-is-harsher-on-dell-than-on-blankfein/comment-page-1/#comment-16978 CDNrebel Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:14:30 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=4835#comment-16978 That's a little unfair, in that in the Dell situation the CEO was directly aware of what was going on, whereas with GS there was not a case of him directly telling the Fab 'lie to sell our crappy bonds'. It's a bit of apples to oranges in my opinion, and in all likelihood this settlement in GS's case will probably force Blankfein to resign much earlier than he might have otherwise. Ugh, somehow it feels a little dirty coming to GS defense, but I just think the mudslinging is starting to go too far. Time to bring Chuck Prince or Bob Rubin or Hank Greenberg (or any of another dozen or so former top execs) into play as having a much bigger hand in the causes of the recession than trading practices at GS. Just saying... That’s a little unfair, in that in the Dell situation the CEO was directly aware of what was going on, whereas with GS there was not a case of him directly telling the Fab ‘lie to sell our crappy bonds’. It’s a bit of apples to oranges in my opinion, and in all likelihood this settlement in GS’s case will probably force Blankfein to resign much earlier than he might have otherwise.

Ugh, somehow it feels a little dirty coming to GS defense, but I just think the mudslinging is starting to go too far. Time to bring Chuck Prince or Bob Rubin or Hank Greenberg (or any of another dozen or so former top execs) into play as having a much bigger hand in the causes of the recession than trading practices at GS. Just saying…

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