Latest Assault on Goldman Sachs: Bed Bugs?

[RamboLiberal]

As if a nearly two-year siege of negative attention hasn't been enough of a distraction for Goldman Sachs, now the controversial investment bank appears to be battling a potential bed bug problem.

Employees who work in Goldman's Jersey City, N.J., office tower have been moved from certain floors and ordered out of the building at times because exterminators have been in checking and spraying for bed bugs, said two separate sources at the firm. Neither source was comfortable being quoted by name, citing company policy.

A Goldman Sachs spokeswoman issued ABCNews.com a statement: "We're always focused on our facilities and there are no issues." The spokeswoman would not comment on whether the building had been treated.

However, sources at the firm said exterminators last month were spraying for bed bugs on several different floors in Goldman's Jersey City office building. Floors were evacuated and dogs and pesticides were brought in. One person was moved to another floor and not allowed to take anything from the desk.

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A 2007 outbreak of bed bugs in the Fox News newsroom prompted a civil lawsuit against the companies that own and manage the Manhattan building where Fox is headquartered. The case has not yet been resolved according to an attorney for the employee. The attorney for the building, Beacon Capital Partners, did not immediately return a call for comment. Former President Bill Clinton's Harlem offices also reportedly had a publicized bout with the tiny, wingless insects whose bites produce itchy welts.



http://abcnews.go.com/Business/goldman-sachs-sprays-jersey-city-office-bed-bugs/story?id=10917635

[DJ13]

1. Crabs would have been more appropriate

[notesdev]

2. Blood sucking parasites

and bedbugs too, go figure.

[damntexdem]

3. Well, we knew the firm was full of parasites.

We just didn't realize how many parasites the parasites had.