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Jun 2023
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Fed, SEC Looking into Goldman’s Role in ...

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P.M. Edition for June 15. Federal regulators are looking into Goldman Sachs’ role in buying Silicon Valley Bank’s securities portfolio, while it was working on SVB’s doomed capital raise. Plus, WSJ reporter Georgi Kantchev explains how Russia’s war in Ukraine is fueling a shortage of workers in Russia. Annmarie Fertoli hosts.

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