Berkshire Hathaway’s investment in Goldman Sachs at the height of the financial crisis represented a major vote of confidence that enabled Goldman to raise additional equity from investors. The September 2008 deal involved $5 billion in Goldman Sachs perpetual preferred ...

Goldman Sachs has served as a political piñata for so long that many observers may be tempted into believing that Friday's fraud charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission should be viewed as just another part of the political ...