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Bloomberg reports that at Raj Rajaratnam’s insider-trading trial a year ago, Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein told jurors he makes unscheduled calls to the bank’s board members at times of market 'uncertainty'....   read more >  

Goldman Sachs (GS) Group Inc.’s private- equity unit and P2 Capital Partners LLC agreed to buy Interline Brands Inc. (IBI), a distributor of janitorial, plumbing and lighting products that went public in 2004, in a deal valued at $1.1 billion ...  

Investors on Tuesday shrugged off a cautionary report on the banking sector form Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts who trimmed their outlook for rivals Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc..  

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — For once, the spotlight wasn’t on Goldman Sachs. The bank that Wall Street critics love to hate enjoyed a relatively calm shareholder meeting Thursday while two of its peers, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, grappled ...  

Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein was peppered Thursday with questions about ... Shareholders approved all the board members, including Michele Burns, who some had questioned because she was on the Wal-Mart board when the company was reportedly bribing Mexican ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) has delayed the launch of its new electronic bond-trading platform due to "logistical issues," the Financial Times reported Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter. GSessions, which has been in development ...  

Vale SA (VALE3), the world’s largest iron-ore producer, agreed to sell its thermal coal assets in Colombia for $407 million to a unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) as it focuses on metal production. Vale will sell the assets to Goldman’s ...  

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — For once, the spotlight wasn't on Goldman Sachs. The bank that Wall Street critics love to hate enjoyed a relatively calm shareholder meeting Thursday while two of its peers, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, grappled with public-relations nightmares. Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein was peppered with...  

NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein sailed through the company's annual shareholder meeting despite a slew of recent blowups for the banking giant, including a former executive who blasted the firm's culture as "toxic and destructive."  

On day 4, the US government called more witnesses to prove that Rajat Gupta, former global head of McKinsey and Co., was leaking confidential secrets about Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Procter and Gamble Co. while serving as a director for both. The ...  

Goldman may break up sale of Swedish oil group: paperReuters| LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) is considering selling off Swedish oil group Svenska Petroleum Exploration in chunks, the Independent on Sunday reported. The UK newspaper said on Sunday that most potential bidders, including the UK's BP (BP.Goldman Sachs looks at billionaire's oil break upThe Independentall 3 news articles »  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) is considering breaking up the sale of Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB’s assets to increase returns, the Independent on Sunday reported, citing an unidentified industry source. Potential bidders for assets in ...  

Goldman's Blankfein gets a break Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 01:08 p.m., Thursday, May 24, 2012 Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein was peppered with questions about the bank's political lobbying, but the vitriol and the shouting protesters that have haunted other banks' meetings this spring...  

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein is once again mixing it up with a shareholder representative of the Almighty. At the investment bank's annual shareholders' meeting on Thursday morning, a New York nun asked Blankfein if he'd consider hiring her ...  

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/29/12, Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated (NYSE: GS) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.46, payable on 6/28/12. As a percentage of GS's recent stock price of $97.04, this dividend works out to approximately 0.47%. Click here to find out which 9 other stocks going ex-dividend you should know about, at DividendChannel.com »  

May 23 - Goldman Sachs' CEO Lloyd Blankfein looks like he's in a strong position coming into the firm's annual shareholder meeting, according to Reuters Breakingsviews Columnist Antony Currie.  

At Raj Rajaratnam’s insider-trading trial a year ago, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein told jurors he makes unscheduled calls to the bank’s board members at times of market “uncertainty.” At Rajat ...  

At Goldman Sachs’ annual meeting today there was little shareholder turmoil but CEO Lloyd Blankfein still doesn’t think the bank can pay like God. Sister Barbara Aires, the coordinator of corporate responsibility for the Sisters of Charity ...  

Apparently, Goldman Sachs has much bigger plans than that, though. Goldman Sachs Group Inc reportedly plans to put $40 billion towards renewable energy projects over the coming 10 years. Why? well, if you know anything about Goldman Sachs, ...  

TOKYO—Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to launch a private real-estate investment trust in Japan this summer amid signs of an improvement in the Tokyo property market, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co. aims ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)’s 2011 executive compensation plan, which awarded Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein $12.4 million ... Palm said. James A. Johnson, the former Fannie Mae (FNMA) CEO who is the longest-serving director ...  

From Dow Jones Newswires Atsuko Fukase and Kana Inagaki: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to launch a private real-estate investment trust in Japan this summer amid signs of an improvement in Tokyo property market, a person familiar with the ...  

TOKYO -- Goldman Sachs Group plans to launch a private real estate investment trust (REIT ... Avenue includes bike lanes With the Second Avenue subway construction and now the new First Avenue traffic pattern, people on the Upper East Side say that ...  

JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 24 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc stockholders on Thursday approved the firm's compensation plan for top executives and backed all 10 directors up for election, general counsel Greg Palm announced at the firm's annual ...  

Goldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area where the bank expects demand to grow as the global appetite for energy increases and major manufacturing countries like China set more aggressive emissions targets, Reuters reported. But the bank’s new clean energy target would average about [...]  

NEW YORK -- Several top corporate and Wall Street executives, including Goldman Sachs Group CEO Lloyd Blankfein, could be potential witnesses at the insider-trading trial of former Goldman and Procter & Gamble director Rajat Gupta, which is due to start Monday.  

Three Facebook Inc. investors filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, alleging the company and its underwriters failed to properly disclose changes to analysts' forecasts made at the underwriting banks. The suit follows reports that analysts at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut their revenue forecasts...  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Using FBI wiretaps, email, phone records and the testimony of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc director, U.S. prosecutors drew a picture for jurors on Thursday of events that led to the insider-trading trial of onetime corporate ...  

The investment by Warren Buffett in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in September 2008 was so confidential that even his chief financial officer was unaware of it  

It’s been an ugly couple of days for JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon but it didn’t have to be this brutal. When news breaks that the strongest bank in the country just lost $2 billion on a bad trade there’s bound to be major fallout and ...  

Financial services giant Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( GS) on Thursday received continued bullish support from analysts at Nomura Securities. The firm maintained its "Buy" rating on GS as well as its price target of $145.00. That target suggests a ...  

Goldman Sachs’ annual meeting is kicking off right now amid some recent noise about its corporate governance and whether Lloyd Blankfein should be both chairman and CEO. Ahead of the gathering, Goldman’s COO Gary Cohn and CFO David Viniar ...  

The investment by Warren Buffett in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in September 2008 was so confidential that even his chief financial officer was unaware of it before being briefed on the details by a Goldman Sachs executive, a witness at the Rajat ...  

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , which has a reputation for being publicity-shy, has set up an official account with micro-blogging site Twitter and the investment bank is expected to start tweeting later Thursday. The bank is holding its annual shareholder meeting in Jersey City on Thursday. Its Twitter handle is @GoldmanSachs. "First tweet will come later today," a spokesman for Goldman told MarketWatch. Market Pulse...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) (GS)’s 2011 executive compensation plan, which awarded Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein $12.4 million, won approval from more than 94 percent of shareholders. The tally was announced by General Counsel ...  

When Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein asked Gupta about his insider trading rumors breaking in the press, Gupta replied, “I wouldn’t have had anything to do with that." On March 1, 2011, the SEC filed an administrative civil complaint ...  

The investment by Warren Buffett in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in September 2008 was so confidential that even his chief financial officer was unaware of it before being briefed on the details by a Goldman Sachs executive, a witness at the Rajat ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc analysts led by Marcelo Aguiar said in a note Friday that plans by Brazilian steelmaker Usiminas to renegotiate terms on 254 million reais ($126 million) of local debt raise worries over profitability this year.  

After Raj Rajaratnam got what prosecutors say was an illegal tip about Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), a partner at Galleon Group LLC who was excluded from the trade turned red-faced and angry, a witness at the Rajat Gupta trial testified. Prosecutors claim that Gupta, who was a Goldman Sachs director, tipped Rajaratnam on Sept.…Continue reading »Follow Dealbreaker on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Ananth Muniyappa, eyes popping...  

When: Today, Wednesday, April 25th at 11AM ET Where: CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" In a FIRST ON CNBC interview, CNBC's Capital Markets Editor Gary Kaminsky speaks with Goldman Sachs Chairman & CEO Lloyd Blankfein, in his first interview since 2010 today, Wednesday, April 25th, on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" (M-F, 9AM - 12PM ET) at 11AM ET.  

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - For all the security staff, rules of conduct and a warning that troublemakers would be kicked out, the most noteworthy event at Goldman Sachs Group Inc's(GS.N) annual meeting on Thursday was a mild tweet.  

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. were sued along with other underwriters and Facebook Inc. by investors who claimed they were misled in the purchase of the social network firm's stock. The investors said the members of a proposed class action have lost more than $2.5 billion since the initial public offering last week, in a complaint filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.  

Rajat Gupta helped hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam make $1 million by sharing secret information about Goldman Sachs, prosecutors say in opening statements. Gupta's lawyer says he never cheated anybody.NEW YORK Shortly after Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s board learned of famed investor Warren Buffett's $5-billion lifeline at the height of the financial crisis, then-director Rajat Gupta phoned hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam.  

JERSEY CITY, N.J. May 24 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc stockholders on Thursday approved the firm's compensation plan for top executives and backed all 10 directors up for election, general counsel Greg Palm announced at the firm's annual ...  

For a bank that has endured a tumultuous year marked by a high-profile resignation in the pages of the New York Times and other public-relations fiascoes, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. had a remarkably smooth annual meeting Thursday. Shareholders of the Wall ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to channel investments totaling US$40-billion over the next decade into renewable energy projects, an area the investment bank called one of the biggest profit opportunities since its economists got excited about ...  

JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 24 (Reuters) - For all the security staff, rules of conduct and a warning that troublemakers would be kicked out, the most noteworthy event at Goldman Sachs Group Inc's annual meeting on Thursday was a mild tweet.  

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Using FBI wiretaps, email, phone records and the testimony of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc director, U.S. prosecutors drew a picture for jurors on Thursday of events that led to the insider-trading trial of onetime ...  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The deal that gave Goldman Sachs Group Inc a $5-billion boost from renowned investor Warren Buffet at the height of the 2008 financial crisis was "as top secret as you could get," a leading banker testified on Wednesday at the insider-trading trial of onetime Goldman board member Rajat Gupta.  

LONDON May 27 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs is considering selling off Swedish oil group Svenska Petroleum Exploration in chunks, the Independent on Sunday reported. The UK newspaper said on Sunday that most potential bidders, including the UK's BP ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the bank that last week doubled its money from a 2010 bet on Facebook Inc., is ramping up investments in Web startups, underscoring the allure of high-growth tech companies to financiers far from Silicon Valley.  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) plans to start a private real estate investment trust with as much as 50 billion yen ($628 million) that will invest in Japan’s property market, two people familiar with the situation said. The asset management ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the fifth- biggest U.S. bank by assets, plans to spend as much as $40 billion financing renewable energy projects in the next decade. Stuart Bernstein, global head of clean technology, will relocate to San ...  

(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to channel investments totaling $40 billion over the next decade into renewable energy projects, an area the investment bank called one of the biggest profit opportunities since its economists got excited about ...  

May 23 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to channel investments totaling $40 billion over the next decade into renewable energy projects, an area the investment bank called one of the biggest profit opportunities since its economists got ...  

“The true facts at the time of the IPO were that Facebook was then experiencing a severe and pronounced reduction in revenue growth,” the plaintiffs said in the complaint. A Facebook investor sued Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. yesterday in the same ...  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) are among banks that were sued for $1.8 billion in ... according to the court filing. Michael DuVally, a spokesman for Goldman Sachs, Steven Vames, a Credit Suisse spokesman, Bank ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and funds it manages are set to sell about $1 billion worth of Facebook Inc. stock in the company's initial public offering, Bloomberg reports. The bank and its funds have more than doubled the number of shares they will sell to 65.9 million, according to a filing by Facebook Wednesday. Facebook shares are being offered at a range of $34 to $38 in this week's IPO, which values the company at between $975 million and...  

On the list of potential witnesses are investment guru Warren Buffett, celebrity analyst Meredith Whitney, Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein and HP CEO Meg Whitman. "This is such a high-profile individual," said Jeff Ifrah, a white-collar defense ...  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The deal that gave Goldman Sachs Group Inc a $5 billion boost from renowned investor Warren Buffet at the height of the 2008 financial crisis was "as top secret as you could get," a leading banker testified at the insider-trading trial of onetime Goldman board member Rajat Gupta.  

NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - The deal that gave Goldman Sachs Group Inc a $5 billion ... The case is USA v Gupta, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 11-907.  

NEW YORK—Hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam sprang into action moments after he got an urgent call in the late afternoon on Sept. 23, 2008, buying shares in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. just before a major announcement, his former assistant told a ...  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the first time in months, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein was off the hotseat. As Wall Street's biggest hedge fund managers and top bankers flocked to a charity gala in New York Monday night, the buzz was all about JPMorgan Chase & Co's disastrous trading losses and the pressure on CEO Jamie Dimon. "He screwed up," one hedge fund manager said tersely, referring to Dimon while dissecting how JPMorgan, the country's...  

Influential corporate governance group Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) is telling Goldman Sachs shareholders to vote in favor of the investment bank's compensation plan as laid out in the proxy statement. Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein's ...  

NEW YORK: The deal that gave Goldman Sachs Group Inc a $5 billion boost from renowned investor Warren Buffet at the height of the 2008 financial crisis was "as top secret as you could get," a leading banker testified at the insider-trading trial of onetime ...  

Goldman Sachs’ executive compensation got a nod from ISS Proxy Advisory Services, which recommends shareholders vote for pay for top executives including CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s $16.2M in salary, bonus and other comp for 2011. ISS is also ...  

CEO Lloyd Blankfein is set to earn $12 million (or $16 million, if vested options are counted.) That’s more than he earned in 2010, despite a worse performance. Activist shareholder Harrington Investments objects to Blankfein’s package as ‘excessive.’  

To US prosecutors, former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta is a Wall Street insider who fed secret tips to his business partner Raj Rajaratnam so the fund manager could reap millions in illicit profits. "I have known Rajat Gupta for ...  

A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) lawyer from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP may testify at next week’s insider- trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former director at the bank, a prosecutor said. At a pretrial conference yesterday in Manhattan federal ...  

On Monday in the same federal court in New York, it will be Gupta's turn to go on trial. The former Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble board member is accused of leaking stock secrets to Rajaratnam, his erstwhile friend and business associate who ...  

NEW YORK: Lloyd Blankfein, Warren Buffett and other well-known chieftains of corporate America might be called to testify at the insider trading trial starting on Monday of former Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble Co director Rajat ...  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lloyd Blankfein, Warren Buffett and other well-known chieftains of corporate America might be called to testify at the insider trading trial starting on Monday of former Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble Co director Rajat Gupta. Blankfein, who runs Goldman, and Buffett, who runs Berkshire Hathaway Inc , are among dozens of people that lawyers for the government and for Gupta said on Thursday might be mentioned...  

The former Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble board member is accused of leaking stock secrets to Rajaratnam, his erstwhile friend and business associate who was convicted and is now in prison. But while prosecutors have called ...  

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Lead underwriter Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) received about 38% of the shares in Facebook Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FB) initial public offering to distribute to investors, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s (NYSE:GS) allotment was ...  

Carlotti, 46, who has been president of Goldman Sachs Brazil Bank for the last five years, will report to Enrico Gaglioti, the firm's global head of equities sales, and Tom Cornacchia, head of sales for fixed income, currency and commodities in the Americas.  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barely a day went by at the insider-trading trial of multimillionaire hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam a year ago without mention of Rajat Gupta, a boldface name in business and charity circles. On Monday in the same federal court in New York, it will be Gupta's turn to go on trial. The former Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble board member is accused of leaking ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists lowered their forecast for Chinese economic growth after data showed a slowdown in April, joining banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS AG in paring outlooks.  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the fifth- biggest U.S. bank by assets, raised estimates of potential losses from legal claims by 13 percent and said a probe into its handling of Greek finances includes trading and research. The forecast of “reasonably possible” legal costs rose to $2.7 billion as of March 31 from $2.4 billion three months earlier, according to a regulatory filing today. The New York- based firm didn’t give specific reasons for...  

Oil rose for the first time in seven days in New York after China pledged to boost the nation’s economy and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the balance between supply and demand of crude is tightening. Futures gained as much as 0.6 percent after ...  

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. investors including Accel Partners and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised the number of shares they're selling in the social network's initial public offering, boosting the sale to as much as $16 billion.  

Oil rose for the first time in seven days in New York after China pledged to boost the nation's economy and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the balance between supply and demand of crude is tightening. Futures gained as much as 0.8 percent after ...  

Lead underwriter Morgan Stanley received about 38% of the shares in Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering to distribute to investors, while J.P. Morgan got 20% and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s  allotment was roughly 15%, according to ...  

REUTERS - Rajat Gupta, former global head of McKinsey & Co, is set to go on trial on Monday in New York on charges he leaked confidential information while serving on the board of directors of Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble Co in 2007 and 2008. U.S. prosecutors charged Gupta with securities fraud and being part of a conspiracy by tipping his then friend and business associate ...  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barely a day went by at the insider-trading trial of multimillionaire hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam a year ago without mention of Rajat Gupta, a boldface name in business and charity circles. On Monday in the same federal court in New York, it will be Gupta's turn to go on trial. The former Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble board member is accused of leaking ...  

The HinduFacebook Expands IPO as Accel, Goldman Sachs Sell More StockSan Francisco Chronicle(Updates with investor's comment in third paragraph.) May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. investors such as Accel Partners and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased the number of shares they're selling in the social network's initial public offering, ...Facebook investors to cash out more sharesHouston ChronicleHalf of Americans Predict That Facebook is...  

Oil rose for the first time in seven days in New York after China pledged to boost the nation’s economy and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the balance between supply and demand of crude is tightening.  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) named Valentino D. Carlotti, the former president of its bank in Brazil, to run a newly created client-focused group within the sales and trading division, according to an internal memo. Carlotti, 46, will be based ...  

The bankruptcy court signed off on the sale of Nassau Broadcasting Partners LP's assets Tuesday to five different buyers, including a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) affiliate, which bought the majority of the radio stations. "The debtors have demonstrated ...  

When we use the terms "Goldman Sachs," "the firm," "we," "us" and "our," we mean Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries. References to "this Form 10-Q" are to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly ...  

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co. employees discussed helping naked short-sales by market-maker clients in e-mails the banks sought to keep secret, including one in which a Merrill official told another to ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and funds managed by the firm will sell about $1 billion of stock in Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering, cashing out almost half their stake after the social network doubled in value. Christine Harper reports on ...  

In trading on Thursday, shares of Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated (NYSE: GS) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $108.79, changing hands as high as $109.36 per share. Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated shares are currently trading up about 0.8% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of GS shares, versus ...  

Goldman Sachs Group’s chief executive announced that his support for the LGBT community has cost the company at least one client, Reuters reported. Lloyd Blankfein said that his views on gay rights was "not without price" during an even that aimed to inc ...  

Goldman Sachs’ Financing Group includes debt and equity capital markets. Also at the bank, Melbourne-based Graham Goldsmith has traded his role as vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Australia for a role as a consultant. Goldman Sachs is currently ...  

The company, co-founded by Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek in 2006, is raising $100 million to $200 million, said two of the people, who weren’t authorized to speak publicly. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may invest, said a third person.  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) (GS), the fifth- biggest U.S. bank by assets, positioned itself for a decline in the value of Spanish government bonds and a rally in Italian sovereign debt during the first quarter. The firm’s “market exposure ...  

Bloomberg's Christine Harper reports that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. positioned itself for a decline in the value of Spanish government bonds and a rally in Italian sovereign debt during the first quarter. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's ...  

NEW YORK -- Billionaire investor George Soros's Soros Fund Management LLC has bought shares of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in the first quarter, according to a regulatory filing late Tuesday. The fund didn't have stakes in the two ...  

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Investors are reducing gold holdings for a third month, the longest stretch since 2004, and favoring the dollar as a haven from Europe's debt crisis, even as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicts record prices for the metal.  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and funds managed by the firm will sell about $1 billion of stock in Facebook Inc. (FB)’s initial public offering, cashing out almost half their stake after the social network doubled in value. The investment bank ...  

Investors are reducing gold holdings for a third month, the longest stretch since 2004, and favoring the dollar as a haven from Europe’s debt crisis, even as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicts record prices for the metal. Bullion erased its ...  

A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. unit on Monday asked the Second Circuit to toss an arbitration award ordering it to return $20.5 million to a bankrupt group of hedge funds that allegedly ran a Ponzi scheme, saying the arbitrators’ decision ignored the law.  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. isn’t wavering from its forecast for a rally in gold this year, Bloomberg reported. Gold will advance to $1,840 an ounce in the next six months, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) said. Gold prices sank to their lowest level in four months ...  

Spain tapped Goldman Sachs to value nationalized lender Bankia SA. A-list: Goldman executives Lloyd Blankfein, Gary Cohn and David Viniar, American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault and former Proctor & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley are among the financial ...  

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) director Rajat Gupta asked a federal judge to exclude statements by Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam from his trial this month in Manhattan federal court, according to a filing yesterday in New York.  

(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has named Valentino Carlotti as head of its client-focused trading business, according to an internal memo. Carlotti, 46, is now head of the Securities Division Institutional Client Group and will report to ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the Wall Street bank that generated 57 percent of its first-quarter revenue from trading, had a loss from that business on one day in the period, down from 17 during the preceding three months. The firm’s traders ...  

Rajat Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) director accused of conspiracy in an insider-trading scheme, shouldn’t be barred from presenting evidence at trial of his charitable works, his lawyers said. Gupta is scheduled to go on ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), one of the five U.S. banks with the biggest positions in over-the-counter derivatives, may owe counterparties $2.21 billion if its credit rating falls two levels. Counterparties could demand the money in collateral ...  

Investors are reducing gold holdings for a third month, the longest stretch since 2004, and favoring the dollar as a haven from Europe's debt crisis, even as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicts record prices for the metal.  

(Updates with Lloyd Blankfein comments in fourth and fifth paragraphs.) May 8 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Ruzika, the former commodities chief at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has died after a stroke following knee surgery last month. He was 53.  

Bill Gross at Pacific Investment Management Co. and Jan Hatzius at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. say investors should prepare for additional bond purchases by the Federal Reserve, known as QE3, to combat a slowing U.S. economy. A decision to buy more ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Merrill Lynch & Co. employees discussed helping naked ... at kgullo@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Hytha at mhytha@bloomberg.net  

Tinkoff Credit Systems, a Russian consumer lender, said Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund IV agreed to invest $50 million in the bank. Baring Vostok will join Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd. (VNIL) as international ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) (GS ... The Chicago-based firm was founded by Tom Kramer and Tim Van Kirk last year. The pair previously founded LightPoint Capital Management LLC in 2002, which was acquired by Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. in ...  

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) said Valentino D. Carlotti will become head of its Securities Division's institutional client group, a new unit was formed to provide a central point of contact for clients of the division.  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. revved up its exposure to Italy's sovereign debt during the first quarter even as the securities firm shrank its vulnerability to Italian banks. In a securities filing, the New York company said its exposure to short ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the fifth- biggest U.S. bank by assets, raised estimates of potential losses from legal claims by 13 percent and said a probe into its handling of Greek finances includes trading and research. The forecast of “re ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the fifth- biggest U.S. bank by assets, redeemed about $250 million from hedge funds during the first quarter as it begins to comply with rules requiring banks to reduce such investments. The firm can “generally ...  

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) posted one day of trading losses in the first quarter, according to a quarterly regulatory filing. The loss was up to $25 million, the firm said. In contrast, Goldman reported 24 days of ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) stood by its forecast for a rally ... The precious metal remains the “currency of last resort,” according to analysts led by Jeffrey Currie in a report dated yesterday, the same day that gold sank to the lowest ...  

Bill Gross at Pacific Investment Management Co. and Jan Hatzius at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) say investors should prepare for additional bond purchases by the Federal Reserve, known as QE3, to combat a slowing U.S. economy. A decision to buy ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) (GS), the fifth- biggest U.S. bank by assets, redeemed about $250 million from hedge funds during the first quarter as it begins to comply with rules requiring banks to reduce such investments. The firm can ...  

NEW YORK -- Rajat Gupta's lawyers have made another attempt to keep some secretly recorded telephone conversations out of his insider-trading trial later this month, saying the calls didn't include any discussion of tips by the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director.  

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fairholme Capital Management LLC's Bruce Berkowitz dumped a stake in Goldman Sachs Group and trimmed positions in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Citigroup Inc. in the first quarter, according to a regulatory filing late Tuesday. Berkowitz, who manages Fairholme Fund , also took a new position in Mercury General Corp. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit...  

Goldman, Citigroup, Jefferies Said to Plan CMBS TransactionBusinessWeekBy Sarah Mulholland on May 10, 2012 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) (GS), Citigroup Inc. (C) (C) and Jefferies Group Inc. (JEF) (JEF) plan to sell $1.5 billion of commercial mortgage-backed securities as soon as next week, according to people familiar ...and more »  

NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. posted only one day of trading losses in the first quarter, compared with losses on more than a dozen days in each of the previous three quarters, according to a regulatory filing. The loss was up to $25 million, the ...  

I asked point-blank, 'How is it working for Goldman?'" I accompanied the men when they joined their fellow interns and Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman's CEO, for lunch. While Mr. Blankfein seemed impressively informal—when he invited anyone who ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) , the fifth-biggest U.S. bank by assets, redeemed about $250 million fromhedge funds during the first quarter as it begins to comply withrules requiring banks to reduce such ...  

To U.S. prosecutors, former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) director Rajat Gupta is a Wall Street insider who fed secret tips to his business partner Raj Rajaratnam so the fund manager could reap millions in illicit profits.