Sachs
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Hans 1494–1576, German Meistersinger: author of stories, songs, poems and dramatic works.
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Nelly (Leonie), 1891–1970, German poet and playwright, in Sweden after 1940: Nobel Prize 1966.
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Hans (hans). 1494–1576, German master shoemaker and Meistersinger, portrayed by Wagner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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Nelly ( Leonie ). 1891–1970, German Jewish poet and dramatist, who escaped from Nazi Germany and settled in Sweden. Her works include Eli: A Mystery Play of the Sufferings of Israel (1951) and `O the Chimneys', a poem about the Nazi extermination camps. Nobel prize for literature 1966 jointly with Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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It cites criticism from Lord O'Neill, a former Goldman Sachs economist "who turned down an offer to join" Burnham's government, saying that the prime minister's first speech was "the last thing investors wanted to hear".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
According to the Department of Justice, Google once compared this arrangement to Goldman Sachs owning the New York Stock Exchange.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The firms include big names like Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are among a group of nearly two dozen firms teaming up to jump into the world of stablecoins, or digital tokens that can be used for cross-border transactions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Morgan Stanley and Citigroup were now at 33:1, Goldman Sachs looked conservative at 25:1, but then Goldman had a gift for disguising how leveraged it actually was.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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