The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
News and overview for The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Radical fixes for 'too big to fail' gain support - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 16 days 8 hours 4 minutes ago
"What you will have is another public utility sector, with banks growing roughly 4% a year, funded by deposits," Richard Bove, a financial-services analyst at Rochdale Securities, said in an interview.
Morgan profit falls absent gain, but tops target - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 21 hours 14 minutes ago
Investment banking "delivered particularly strong results ... showing strong performance in underwriting for both debt and equity," said Chairman and CEO John Mack in a press release.
Who's telling on the secret stock market? David Weidner's Writing on the Wall - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 27 days 6 hours 17 minutes ago
They are the two reasons Wall Street has always billed itself as having the greatest markets in the world. On the exchanges everyone puts their cards on the table and the winners win and the losers lose regardless of race, color, creed or connections.
U.S. stock market looks to financials for results - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 18 hours 50 minutes ago
And, "some of the regional banks reporting third-quarter results appear to have come in with negative earnings surprises as they continue to ramp up credit losses and increase loan-loss reserves," said Fred Dickson, chief market strategist, Davidson Cos.
Uranium Limited ("the Company") Notification of Change of Beneficial Ownership [Press Release]
MarketWire | 18 days 16 hours 53 minutes ago
ST. MARTIN, GUERNSEY -- (Marketwire) -- 11/04/09 -- On 28 October 2009, the Company received notification from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS") that on 26 October 2009, following the acquisition by Nufcor International Limited ("NIL") of a further 660,535 Ordinary Shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), the total direct holding by NIL amounted to 3,960,535 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.60% of the total voting rights.
Dollar General, rue21 priced for Friday IPOs - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 9 days 19 hours 42 minutes ago
Dollar General said its offering of 34.1 million shares priced at $21 each, at the low end of its anticipated range of $21 to $23. The company is selling 22.7 million shares, while existing shareholders will sell 11.4 million shares.
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., ASML Holding N.V., Applied Materials, KLA Tencor and Lam Research [Press Release]
Business Wire | 37 days 13 hours 23 minutes ago
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), ASML Holding N.V. (Nasdaq: ASML), Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT), KLA Tencor (Nasdaq: KLAC) and Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX).
U.S. Treasury rejects Fannie Mae tax-credit sale - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 15 days 12 hours 42 minutes ago
Treasury Department officials, however, concluded Friday that the government would lose more tax dollars than it saved if the deal to were to go through. Roughly $3 billion worth of the tax credits were to be sold, according to a report Friday by The Wall Street Journal.
Citi redeems $250 million seed money from Claren - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 5 days 13 hours 13 minutes ago
Citi /quotes/comstock/13*!c/quotes/nls/c (C 4.24, +0.06, +1.44%) redeemed all of its investment, roughly $250 million, the people said on condition of anonymity.
Schaeffer's Street Stories: Straddle Strategist Plays It Safe Ahead of Goldman Sachs Group s (GS) Earnings [Press Release]
Business Wire | 40 days 14 hours 29 minutes ago
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) has one of the most highly anticipated dates in the earnings confessional this week. According to Thomson Reuters, the financial firm is slated to report third-quarter figures before the opening bell on Thursday, Oct. 15. Ahead of the event, option traders are rushing to place their pre-earnings bets, with intraday call volume skyrocketing to nearly three times the norm.
Goldman was exposed to AIG losses: govt report
Canada.com | 4 days 17 hours 16 minutes ago
YORK -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc could have suffered dramatic losses if the federal government had not intervened to prop up American International Group Inc, according to a government report.
Berkshire rises as it makes biggest buy ever - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 19 days 18 hours 30 minutes ago
Berkshire on Tuesday said it is spending $44 billion to buy out railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe, sealing the biggest acquisition in the company's history in what the famed investor called "an all-in wager on the economic future of the United States." See full story on Buffett's latest acquisition.
United's UAL raises cash to pay off old debt - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 5 days 21 hours 11 minutes ago
Eastman Chemical sees FY EPS $3.50 ex-items
Motorola mulls sale of cable equipment units: WSJ - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 17 hours 20 minutes ago
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Critical Alerts For Goldman Sachs, MGM Mirage, Lowe's, Symantec, and Akamai Released By Seven Summits Research [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 39 days 15 hours 52 minutes ago
Critical Alerts For Goldman Sachs, MGM Mirage, Lowe's, Symantec...into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , MGM Mirage , Lowe's Companies...
Company Overview
| Company: | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Large-Market Investment Banking |
| Website: | http://www.goldmansachs.com |
Goldman Sachs has traditionally possessed the Midas touch in the investment banking world. A global leader in mergers and acquisitions advice and securities underwriting, Goldman offers a gamut of investment banking and asset management services to corporate and government clients, as well as institutional and individual investors. It owns Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, one of the largest market makers on the NYSE and a leading market maker for fixed income products, currencies, and commodities. In 2008 Goldman Sachs converted to a bank holding company and formed subsidiary Goldman Sachs Bank USA (GS Bank USA), now in charge of bank loan trading, mortgage originations, and other activities.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 22,222 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | -51.7 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 2,322 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -79.6 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 30,067 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -1.5 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | November |