WASHINGTON — The CEO of Goldman Sachs is testily defending his company’s ethics and business practices during the nation’s financial crisis, saying that customers buying securities from the investment house came looking for risk and that’s what they got.
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Rome priest on trial for abuse defends pope
Noriega extradition to France angers abuse victims
More names found on man accused in doc’s killing
Court says Vioxx lawsuit can proceed
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court said Tuesday investors who lost millions betting on the blockbuster drug Vioxx can sue Merck & Co. over whether the pharmaceutical giant provided enough information about the painkiller’s risks before it was pulled from the market.
NYC student pleads guilty to terrorism charge
AP sources: NYC student to plead in terrorism case
Feds seek life sentence in slaughterhouse case
Not us: Goldman execs deny wrongdoing in crisis
Soldier arrested in assault on Ohio homeless man
Doc arraigned in killing of Yale doctor
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An unemployed doctor charged with fatally shooting a Yale University doctor with whom he once worked in New York City was found with handguns matching shell casings from the slaying scene, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Judge rejects $296M plea deal for Guidant
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge rejected a plea deal by Boston Scientific Corp.’s Guidant unit to pay $296 million for failing to properly disclose changes made to some implantable heart devices, saying it didn’t adequately address the company’s criminal conduct.
Judge tells defense: Prove militia isn’t dangerous
Ariz. immigrant law draws ire, possible referendum
Sex offender gets life in Wis. triple slaying
Ex-exec at Fla. law firm charged in Ponzi scheme
Man says he killed parents, put bodies in cesspool
Goldman execs defend conduct under Senate barage
Ex-hospital chief pleads not guilty in molest case
Malcolm X assassin Hagan is freed on parole in NYC
Ex-COO at Rothstein firm charged in Ponzi scheme
RI man admits killing parents, burying bodies
Major Arizona drug smuggling ring broken up
Panama’s ex-dictator Noriega jailed in France
