Stock prices whiz by on a ticker near the Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange April 16, 2010 in New York, New York.
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Usually when a person quits a job, he packs up his desk, there’s a small party in the office or a goodbye luncheon, a last-day after-work drink, and that’s it.
But when Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith quit his job earlier this month, he didn’t leave in typical fashion – he wrote an article in The New York Times saying his company’s culture had changed so much he couldn’t work there anymore. Times business columnist James B. Stewart looks at the reaction to Smith’s Op-Ed and how his statements reflect a larger picture on Wall Street.
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James B. Stewart, who writes the “Common Sense” column in the Business Day section of The New York Times, brings plain-spoken insights on current economic and business matters to WQXR listeners each Friday at 8:30 am.
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Comments [5]
I and others have had enough of the new WQXR.
Oh where Oh where is WNCN let's get together and start it up again.
Wow, amazing how the right-wing one-percenters and their enablers are attracted to these comment threads. The criminals at Goldman helped to almost bring our economy down and are still cleaning up with massive bonuses and yet still want our sympathy. Fuggedaboutit.
What utter BS and nonsense;
First, many banks, funds, and employees donate to even make continued operation of this station and many classical events possible.
Second, I only ever came here for classical music; not liberal politics or actually for politics of any sort.
Lose this vile creepy editorial content that has nothigj whatsoever to do with classical music.
Who the hell cares?
This station is beginning to sound like the radical WBAI of years ago.
So much yada-yada and ad-libbing and not enough music.
Too many commercials under the guise of "funded by."
An noise program like "All Ears."
Time to go elsewhere for classical music.
This is an interesting article but totally off the subject of this blog. What is going to take up space and time next: Sports news? Please, oh please keep the identity of this classical-music blog crystal clear.
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