The "Vampire Squid" reference for Goldman Sachs is to this quote from Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone: "The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampir

The "Vampire Squid" reference for Goldman Sachs is to this quote from Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone: "The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money."