Italian Protestors Occupy Goldman Sachs's Lobby, Leave Message For Silvio Berlusconi
A group of students stormed Goldman Sachs's central Milan offices on Friday ahead of worldwide protests against financial inequality planned for the weekend...Students managed to break into the hall of the Goldman Sachs building in the heart of Milan's financial district, a few steps away from La Scala opera house, police said. The protests were quickly dispersed by police and security was restored to the elegant building, though red graffiti was daubed on its walls expressing anger at Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and proclaiming "Give us money." Protesters in Italy's financial capital also hurled eggs at the headquarters of UniCredit, the country's biggest bank. [Reuters via BI]