"OMG BLANKFEIN testifies in the GALLEON trial!" - sorkin

Is anybody else sick of Andrew Ross Sorkin salivating over the Galleon trial? The past three days I have received DealBook e-mails whose title relates to the fact that Blankfein is testifying in the Galleon trial. Blankfein isn't even very involved in this case. I can only conclude that Sorkin wants to suck off Blankfein. Aren't there some other headlines to discuss, in terms of market news, trends, or interesting deals?

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AM

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agree, they are way overdoing the coverage....probably getting a lot of hits though, so it's arguably justifiable

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LeveragedTiger

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The entry from yesterday was pretty hilarious:

One such meeting was in October 2008, when Mr. Blankfein told the board the Wall Street bank was on track to report a quarterly loss. What was the significance of that? Mr. Blankein was asked. "We generally make money," the Wall Street C.E.O. said, breaking into a big smile.

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

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