Buffett on list of Gupta trial witnesses

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein is among the remaining witnesses the government expects to call in the insider-trading trial of ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta, prosecutors said.

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein is among the remaining witnesses the government expects to call in the insider-trading trial of ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta, prosecutors said.

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Several top corporate and Wall Street executives, including Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, could be potential witnesses at the insider-trading trial of Rajat Gupta.

Several stars of corporate America could be potential witnesses at the insider-trading trial of former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble director Rajat Gupta, which is due to start Monday.

Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein took to the stand Wednesday, telling jurors at a high-profile insider trading trial that one of the storied bank's ex-directors leaked sensitive company secrets.Blankfein admitted former Goldman director Rajat Gupta broke the firm's confidentiality rules by giving on-trial hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam an inside take on the bank's possible acquisitions.Rajaratnam, who worked for the Galleon Group, is accused by the government of creating a corrupt network of informants to rack up millions of dollars in fraudulent profits.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein will testify at the insider-trading trial of the investment bank’s former director Rajat Gupta, a U.S.