Degrees of Hank Paulson
If it sometimes seems that Wall Street is a small world, well, it is. For all its global reach, and for all the bitter conflict in recent months, where, for example, Lehman Brothers was left to tumble into bankruptcy while American International Group was bailed out, these are people who know each other, often well. Nowhere are the ties more evident than with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Many of the CEOs of companies touched by the financial crisis have links to him. Some, such as Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, … more…
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Lisa Schwartz was a freelance researcher who worked on staff for ABC News from 2001 through 2007. In her role there, she provided material for World News Tonight, Good Morning America, ABC News Now and Brian Ross’ Investigative Unit. Prior to her work at ABC, she served as a freelance journalist and reporter for a number of different newspapers, and worked in various roles in the advertising industry.
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