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Goldman Sachs - for starters. They set up the deal - and let their "muppet" clients get their eyes ripped out. Business as usual for them. This is not surprisi
by sc68cal 15y ago
Goldman Sachs - for starters. They set up the deal - and let their "muppet" clients get their eyes ripped out. Business as usual for them.
This is not surprising to me - I did say that they were going to "ladder" the price and pocket a huge chunk of money - then watch everyone else get screwed.
== Sources ==
My previous comments on Groupon: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3139614 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3139614
Groupon Chooses Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley as the underwriters for their IPO: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-15/groupon-said-to-choose-goldman-sachs-morgan-stanley-as-ipo-underwriters.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-15/groupon-said-to-cho...
Goldman calls their clients "Muppets": http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-g...