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Johnson & Johnson, Goldman Sachs, CIT in focus - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 41 days 19 hours 52 minutes ago
European shares traded with mild losses as investors held back from building on multi-month highs. Shares in Shanghai and Hong Kong led a broad advance in Asia, as automobile stocks rose on strong sales data and power utilities rallied on an improving economic outlook.


Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Nokia in focus - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 19 hours 50 minutes ago
European shares turned lower Thursday as earnings from the likes of mobile phone giant Nokia disappointed. Asian stock markets finished mostly higher, with indexes in Hong Kong and Australia closing at their highest levels in more than a year.


Goldman Sachs defends dark pools, short selling - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 27 days 16 hours 12 minutes ago
In defending dark pools, private venues where large blocks of securities are traded anonymously, Goldman said they are simply the result of technology improving on the kind of non-displayed liquidity that has always existed in the market. The firm, which has reaped huge trading profits in the last two quarters, said that dark pools are already regulated by the same rules as normal broker-dealer activities and that dark pools have increased innovation and competition, which in turn have benefi...


More Government Sachs? Don't buy it. David Weidner's Writing on the Wall - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 21 days 3 hours 43 minutes ago
We suspect they cheat -- that they're too cozy with the government. We worry they rig the system, manipulate our leaders, have too much influence. They seem to own the stock exchange through wheeling and dealing and Capitol Hill through connections and campaign contributions.


Goldman apologizes, offers small businesses help - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 5 days 21 hours 57 minutes ago
The group said it will provide $100 million a year over the next five years, including a total of $200 million to provide scholarships for business and management educations and $300 million in the form of "loans and philanthropic support" to increase access to capital for small businesses.


Goldman gets downgraded ahead of report - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 41 days 16 hours 55 minutes ago
The Goldman downgrade comes just before the bank reports earnings this Thursday.


Goldman CEO defends bonuses as sign of recovery: report - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 15 days 13 hours 1 minute ago
"Everybody should be happy. Companies are looking to grow again and raise money. That's where we come in. The financial system may have led us into the crisis but it will lead us out," Lloyd Blankfein was quoted as saying by the newspaper.


Goldman bonuses seen rising dramatically - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 19 hours ago
"Our performance is dramatically better than last year," David Viniar told reporters on a conference call following the company's third quarter earnings report, and said bonuses would likely rise in line. Final decisions on bonuses will be made at the end of the year, he said.


Financial sector down after Goldman, Citi results - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 18 hours 9 minutes ago
Goldman posted quarterly profit of more than $3 billion. See full story.


Goldman posts profit, sees conditions improving - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 20 hours 37 minutes ago
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected the firm to earn $4.24 a share.


Financials dip as Goldman downgrade gives pause - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 41 days 17 hours 49 minutes ago
Meredith Whitney Advisers couldn't be reached for immediate comment. See full story at WSJ.com





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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