Word: profiteer
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...Goldman Sachs' rise from also-ran to king of Wall Street. He then spent a decade working on a history of the firm, published last year as The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs. So what is Ellis' explanation for Goldman's spectacular rebound - it turned a $5.2 billion profit in the first half of the year - from the financial crisis...
...name-calling is fun - and, to some extent, merited. But Goldman's place at the top of the Wall Street heap can easily be explained. Same goes for JPMorgan Chase, Goldman's somewhat less controversial partner in profit. The No. 1 reason these two banks are doing so much better than their rivals is that they're better at what they do than their rivals...
...well-known brands such as Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and Apple. Taiwan's heavy concentration of contract manufacturers makes the country a high-tech powerhouse - but the business model has its limits. Because they work for others, contract manufacturers have little pricing power and don't reap the higher profit margins commanded by companies like Sony and Samsung. "There are very slim margins and you have to listen to your partner," says Peter Chou, HTC's CEO. "With your own brand, you own your own destiny...
...this has turned out to be a pretty great financial crisis for Goldman Sachs--and for its employees, who will earn, on average, almost $1 million each for the year if the profit pace keeps up. It hasn't been a great financial crisis for the U.S., and the juxtaposition is bound to grate...
...days from March 28 through June 26--ending its financial quarters on the last day of the month, as most other companies do, would be too pedestrian--Goldman Sachs made more than $3.4 billion. That staggering profit--$1.6 million per hour, $117,000 per employee--is the most the firm has ever earned in a quarter. After Goldman reported the news on July 14, everyone from Wall Street to Wasilla struggled with a basic question: Should we be happy about this...