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I was shocked and dismayed –I think we all were- to learn that Goldman Sachs had been involved in whatever it was they did. I had always ranked them with unlicensed boxing promoters and taxi drivers in Cairo, as people who inspire one with absolute confidence.
I was visiting my poor mother in Somerset when I heard the news.
"You’re never going to believe this," I told old Longbottom the farmer. "Goldman Sachs defrauded investors out of more than $1bn by mis-marketing toxic sub-prime mortgage-related securities."
He looked at me with tears in his honest, weather-beaten old face.
"I don't understand it," he said, "but I know it's wrong".
I was visiting my poor mother in Somerset when I heard the news.
"You’re never going to believe this," I told old Longbottom the farmer. "Goldman Sachs defrauded investors out of more than $1bn by mis-marketing toxic sub-prime mortgage-related securities."
He looked at me with tears in his honest, weather-beaten old face.
"I don't understand it," he said, "but I know it's wrong".
