From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Does Goldman Sachs gone back to the good old days?

Hello again, I'm a Rominalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

America's most influential banks stunned the rest of Wall Street this week with record profits just a month

after repaying $10 billion in taxpayer bailouts. That means bonuses for what admire recalls,

a true meritocracy of financial wizards who become philosopher kings. But a critical journalist

calls Goldman Sachs,

a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity

with alumni in Washington to protect its interests.

We'll ask both of them and others about Goldman's success

with other people's money in the midst of continuing recession.

I'm a reporter's notebook later on Hillary Clinton back on stage, but still

out of the spotlight. First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of

KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include

the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again,

Mormon-Ealney, back with To the Poet. With the rest of America still mired in the recession,

Goldman Sachs has paid back $10 billion in bailout money and announced record profits.

Is it a reason for public relief or public outrage? On reporter's notebook after recovering from a broken arm, Hillary Clinton leaves tonight for India and Thailand.

Why isn't she getting the media treatment as superstar Secretary of State deserves?

First, this news update.

At today's Senate confirmation hearing, South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, told Judge

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