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Key Republican presses Goldman execs on fiduciary obligations

Levin and Collins question Goldman Sachs executives on Capitol Hill in Washington (AP Images)

Fiduciary standard for B-Ds dead and buried? Not so fast. During the grilling of Goldman Sachs execs in Congress today, a key Republican senator raised the issue again

In an indication of rising bipartisan anger toward The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., a Republican senator today grilled current and former officials of the bank about whether they cared more about the firm's profits than the welfare of their clients.

During a much-anticipated — and often conte

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