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Why Not Cheat? The Goldman Settlement

$550 million

 

 

The fine that Goldman Sachs agreed to pay to settle the lawsuit brought against it for securities fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission

 

 

$15 million

 

 

Income in fees that Goldman made from the deals in question

 

 

25

 

 

Minimum number of similar deals Goldman made

 

 

2

 

 

Weeks worth of profit the settlement represents for Goldman (Goldman reported $3.3 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2010)

 

 

$7.9 billion

 

 

The amount Goldman added to its market cap after the settlement was announced

 

 

$68 million

 

 

The amount Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein took home in 2007

 

 

33

 

 

Percent of women age 18 – 34 who check their Facebook account before they go to the bathroom or brush their teeth

 

 

57

 

 

Percent of young women who say they talk to people online more than face-to-face

 

 

Sources: New York Times; http://www.ProPublica.org; http://www.Mashable.com