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Goldman doesn't actually have to pay those dollars until the fourth quarter, but the expenses estimate how much Goldman expects to pay.

'China's central approach to [policy] makes it a lot easier for them to set standards and set policy and move very fast, ' Mr. Goldman said.

Less plausibly (but you never know), clever traders might have been positioning themselves for a large sale of Goldman shares.

Of course, Mr Weinberg's Goldman did not always act so honourably .

To be sure, Goldman, at least in name, is unlikely to disappear from Wall Street or off the face of the earth anytime soon.

But over three out of every four buyers of the Goldman deal were retail investors.

Goldman Sachs continues to forecast that China will overtake the U. S. in terms of GDP in 2027, just as it recently overtook Japan.

Flamand is setting up his own hedge fund and a Goldman Sachs executive in London said last month that the firm supports Flamand's plan.

GOLDMAN SACHS: "If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out? "

Certainly this makes it less likely that the U. S. could fall back into a recession soon, at least according to Goldman Sachs (GS).

Blankfein, Goldman's chairman and chief executive, said the bank was 'taking all appropriate steps to defend the firm and its reputation.

Technology stocks should be able to outperform banks stocks since the Goldman Sachs issues cannot be resolved in the near term.

Mr Blankfein at Goldman acknowledges that some of the young traders at the firm have no memory of a business cycle.

Goldman must be structured and regulated in such a way that it could safely be allowed to fail in any future financial crisis.

It's important to understand the root of your anger, and use the sense of unfairness to become stronger, Goldman said.

Goldman shares surged late in the day on expectation of a pact, and continued to rally in after-hours trading.

In legal disclaimers, Goldman also said it would buy protection on the security, but it did not specify how much.

While Goldman will give shareholders a say on pay, the bank would not be required to bow to its investors wishes.

His biggest achievement was to do what he'd initially resisted at Goldman and transform the "Big Board" into a public company.

Then, just as the meeting is looking like a washout, Goldman analyst Marc Fox lets something slip that starts Heebner's brain whirling.

' I expect to get multiple questions about Goldman and I 'll give extensive and complete replies , ' he said in an interview Thursday .

Meanwhile, shares of Citigroup were hit after Goldman Sachs analysts said credit losses at the bank had continued to grow rapidly.

People familiar with the matter say Goldman was given no opportunity to settle before the complaint was announced last Friday.

"I don't think the bounce back in auto production in and of itself is going to mean that much, " said Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius.

It would be a bit rich for Goldman to turn round and make a profit by selling this stuff at a higher price to its old boss.

Trading revenue is being pressured partly by regulatory changes that limit how much Goldman can buy and sell for its own profit.

Goldman put Microsoft on its top stock picks list -- calling it a "conviction buy" last month.

The White House said Monday it had no advance notice of the action against Goldman and didn't play a role in the charges.

Mr Trott's firm will maintain a close relationship with Goldman, said people close to the matter.

Goldman may have assisted in the dotcom and housing bubbles, but it is wrong to say that it was the single blower.

Morgan's stock price has outperformed that of rival Goldman Sachs since the beginning of the year.

If Goldman had at least given away most of the profits, he might have been forgiven his joke.

Should many others come in below forecast or expectations rise too high Goldman-like, the market would be vulnerable to a quick reversal.

All last week I kept trying to understand what was going on with AIG, Lehman, Goldman and the other banks.

"This is going to be pretty serious for Goldman as time goes on, " said the banker, who did not want to be identified.

On a conference call with journalists, he expressed a degree of frustration at the focus on how much Goldman's employees stand to earn.

As for Goldman's culpability, or that of particular executives at the firm, I would prefer to wait until all the evidence is in.

Goldman decided to set the land aside as a nature preserve, in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Goldman Sachs Group shares slid 7% as the Wall Street firm prepared to transition into a bank holding company from an investment bank.

The moves have made it particularly difficult for bulls like Thomas Stolper, Goldman Sachs Group's currency strategist in London.

But Mr. Goldman, who represents the company that makes the plug-in kit, A123, said the benefit was more psychological than financial.

The cost of any penalties to Goldman, if found guilty, is likely to be in the tens, possibly hundreds, of millions.

IKB was one such but, when it came to this deal, Goldman's message was: "We're taking care of our balance sheet and you're on your own. "

Goldman, it seems, was just a bit too bullish for a bit too long.

It might not be so awkward if Goldman had suffered just a little more from the credit crisis.

When trading opportunities picked up in the second quarter, Goldman Sachs took advantage and Morgan Stanley did not.

At times it was hard to tell whether it was Goldman's deal or that of its clients.

Goldman insisted it had done nothing wrong, or at least nothing wrong by the prevailing standards of Wall Street.

Mr. Goldman said he would like to see more money go to help farmers and less to pay administrative and auditing costs.

In an emailed statement, a Goldman Sachs representative said the company believes the suit is 'without merit. '

But he said the charges need more proof beyond the SEC's allegations if they are to have a lasting impact on Goldman.

However, one person familiar with the matter said: "Fred is keen to set up a fund like all the Goldman China bankers before him. "

A Goldman Sachs spokesman declined to comment on the AIG bailout or how much of the government funds it has received.

If I were a politician who might need to underwrite the next bailout if Goldman's bets go bad, I'd be a bit worried.

So far he hasn't said he is putting his money where his mouth is by increasing his stake in Goldman.

Goldman said that it had "no material exposure" to AIG, that it held cash collateral as well as hedged positions.

Folding Morgan Stanley or Goldman into a large commercial bank could make for a safer company, but a less nimble one.

A few days ago, I happened to hear Goldman Sachs discuss the state of the global financial system with European clients.

As well as acting as an adviser and financier to clients, Goldman makes lots of money from putting its own capital to work.

Jim O'Neill, the Goldman Sachs economist and "Brics" guru, caused a stir last week when he said "something is brewing in Beijing" .

Mr Paulson made his career at Goldman Sachs at a time when the company was transforming itself into a global meritocracy.

Goldman said general messages warning of the dangers of alcohol do not appear to be effective with college students, at least by themselves.

For Goldman, the investment was among the Wall Street firm's biggest-ever investments made with its own capital.

Maybe, as a former Goldman Sachs chief executive, he did let his prejudice against Fuld get the better of him.

Goldman declined to comment, although a source close to the bank said there had been no impact on clients.

Goldman spokesman Lucas van Praag said major shareholders had not contacted the company about lowering its bonus pool.

Many Wall Street insiders are betting that ultimately Goldman's investment arm will be spun out of the bank.

Goldman insiders are likely to view the suit as an opportunistic attempt to cash in on the bank's dismal public image.

This is partly because I've never been much interested in what I wore, not even when I was at the Bank of England before Goldman.

It seems to me that Goldman and Morgan Stanley have two options.

Goldman Sachs usually gives a behavior interview, which is often referred to as a competency-based interview.

More decisively, Goldman says it had no "huddle" on September 4, when Baidu first began to move.

Goldman Sachs said the moves "should help to . . . alleviate market stresses, but are incremental rather than transformational" .

The auction process run by Goldman Sachs has so far failed to produce a bidder in spite of six banks entering discussions.

The key to how much further home prices fall, Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius said, is how fast the glut of empty homes is absorbed.

He left in 2001 and went first to Harvard University, and then to Goldman Sachs in London and New York, before Italy called again.

David Viniar, chief financial officer at Goldman, said valuations had got "way out of whack" , and denied the bank was rescuing the fund.

Cohn also made it clear that Goldman has no intention of abandoning its business model of deriving its profits from investment banking.

A year ago, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse appeared to have avoided the worst damage from the meltdown in the US subprime mortgage market.

Buffett, the largest shareholder in Goldman Sachs, meets with the President, the next day Goldman settles for chump change.

"Credit is going to remain tight for a time potentially measured in years, " said Mr. Tilton, the Goldman Sachs economist.

But that could change if Goldman is seen to lose its edge or if it becomes bogged down in legal distractions.

Goldman now says losses in other areas left the company with less than $500 million in net revenue from residential- mortgage products.

Yields also can stay low, notes Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius, because few businesses or consumers are trying to borrow these days.

"Mr. Devine is a good man who made a mistake, and now he's trying to make amends, " his attorney Raphael Goldman said on Monday.

That might seem ridiculous to ask of an institution like Goldman Sachs, whose third-quarter loss stands out for its rarity value.

Goldman, however, will continue to be beaten up in public, whatever the outcome of this case.

She has recently completed an internship at Goldman Sachs, the American investment bank, and with Lehman Brothers, in London.

However, a senior Goldman banker told a UK parliamentary committee last week that the bank should have been more transparent.

The consensus seems to be that neither Goldman nor the SEC came away with a total and complete win.

Goldman Sachs slid 2. 5 percent as the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission said the bank had not complied with requests for documents.

At Goldman, the only general clothing advice I received was to avoid wearing the same tie to a client on two or more occasions.

A California judge has given Fred Goldman a week to come up with a list of sports memorabilia.

In a statement, Goldman said the settlement 'is the right outcome for our firm, our shareholders and our clients. '

Goldman has pushed this envelope further than other investment banks, believing it had the skill to manage the resulting conflicts.

First it was Goldman Sachs, which had a near-death experience after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

Goldman has even referred to the investors who bought its CDOs as "among the most sophisticated mortgage investors in the world" .

Since arriving in Washington from Goldman Sachs a year ago, Hank Paulson has carried the expectations of an entire industry.

Goldman's report concludes that it should disclose conflicts of interest when it acts as an adviser or fiduciary to its clients.

That the meeting just yesterday between Warren Buffett, Goldman Sachs largest shareholder, and the President was just coincidence.

But the political and public-relations damage for Goldman -- and Wall Street more broadly -- might have been more extensive.

Goldman initially was expected to solicit investors at least until the end of this week.

No wonder some investors have come to see Goldman as more of a threat than an ally.

According to an analysis by Goldman Sachs, the yellow stuff has not been a reliable hedge against either risk or inflation.

Goldman might intervene more promptly if, for instance, a swap held by a local government was no longer suitable.

In July, a Rolling Stone article compared Goldman to a 'great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity. '

Is that enough to tide Goldman through a time when its highly leveraged business model has fallen out of favor?

Should it matter that Goldman Sachs is playing around once more with its terminology for emerging markets?

"Things we need to do . . . Get out of everything, " Dan Sparks, Goldman's former mortgage head, noted after a call with another executive.

There would be very little switching costs for Goldman and Morgan to go back to being broker dealers.

But per-capita usage is less than a fifth that of China, says Goldman Sachs, suggesting huge potential.

S. dollars. From bulk commodities to the fixed-income to mortgage loans, Goldman engaged in the business of each of the money it paid.

The famous prediction by Goldman Sachs that the Chinese economy will be larger than that of the US by 2027 is often cited in Beijing.

Goldman executives aren't the only ones to see a jump in their base salaries.

While many big banks have recovered since the dark days of lastautumn, Goldman has powered ahead in profitability.

In Rolling Stone last month, Goldman was described as a "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity" .

Goldman Sachs is training the next generation of women business leaders in developing economies with its Ten Thousand Women campaign.

If only a modicum of calm returned to markets, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs should be able to survive.

And yet when Google, Goldman Sachs and GE all run into difficulties simultaneously, it seems clear that a bigger trend is at work.

Goldman arranged for a security guard to protect them before they left Libya the next day, they say.

Analysts at Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, calculate that solar output would have to grow by over 30% a year to meet it.

The heart of the document is one straightforward claim: that Goldman misrepresented the role played by Paulson & Co, a hedge fund.

As its sponsorship of Chinese business schools shows, Goldman is trying to raise a new generation of local leaders.

No wonder, though barely a year after the advent of the crisis, that some investors are muttering about Goldman having excess capital.

Emma Goldman, who conspired to assassinate industrialist Henry Clay Frick in 1892, was an exception, but she later disavowed those tactics.

Even Goldman Sachs, widely regarded as the best manager of risk in the industry, did not foresee quite how bad things could get.

The firm, this person said, had not set final targets for layoffs, but Goldman was "certain" to shrink headcount in the coming months.

Goldman Sachs faced mounting pressure yesterday following the disclosure it had received almost $13bn as part of the AIG bail-out.

Economists at Goldman Sachs said it was "crystal clear" the Fed did not anticipate raising rates in the near future.

Goldman committed an initial $100m to the programme, among the bank's largest single grants.

But in a world where the US Treasury secretary also used to run Goldman Sachs, such links seem a tad embarrassing at best.

The Goldman team was formally dressed in suits and ties; its book of graphs was bulky enough to be an aid in fending off muggers.

"NOBODY knows anything, " said the screenwriter William Goldman of the film business.

Against this background, Goldman Sachs is forecasting a marked slow down in quarter-on-quarter growth in Asia excluding Japan and China.

Still, a vote against Goldman would be deeply embarrassing for the bank.

He subsequently served as a Special Advisor at the Bank of England before joining Goldman Sachs.

A Goldman Sachs spokesman declined to comment and Buffett did not return a message left with his assistant seeking comment.

People close to Goldman say there was no financial impact on the firm.

News that Goldman Sachs Group was the subject of a criminal probe prompted investors to sell financial shares.

But it need not be quite so blatant: even if Mr Paulson's fund buys comparable assets, Goldman will be able to mark up its own book.

Ominously, Goldman Sachs economists said, the fall was driven by decreases in the components measuring sales and new orders.

The agreement also requires that any nonpublic documents obtained while working at Goldman be returned upon his departure.

Earlier in the session, semiconductors had driven the market higher, after Goldman Sachs said the sector was attractive.

A year ago, news that Goldman was under investigation would have been huge, shocking news.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , UBS AG and CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets are the only foreign firms that have underwritten local share sales.

Proprietary trading, in which Goldman makes bets with its own capital, accounts for about 10% of its profits.

Goldman was, to borrow words from Robert Armstrong, the former British cabinet secretary, being "economical with the truth" .

Now , maybe you think that what I'll call the Goldman Sachs model of banking is no big thing. Maybe you think it's been around forever.

If Goldman has lost its ability to be trusted, it's going to be very tough for the firm to continue.

"The reality is that the commodity problem is one of supply shortage due to years of under-investment, " said Goldman.

Goldman is instead going on the front foot, issuing a detailed denial to the SEC's claims and vowing to fight the regulator on every count.

reason with realistic dimensions, because Goldman's appears that the social practice of epistemology is the truth value of the subject.

'Like a fox chewing a bone, Goldman Sachs knows the rules of the game and when to go for your neck, ' it says.

Goldman suffered a setback this year when its local partner decided to set up his own private equity fund.

But the law is all the SEC has; ethics are Goldman's responsibility.

However, Binit Patel at Goldman Sachs warned that it was "too early to call the turn in the global industrial cycle" .

A source familiar with the business estimated the Litton business could now fetch at least as much as Goldman originally paid.

World oil demand is likely to fall by about 1. 6 million barrels a day this year, the Goldman analyst said today at a conference in London.

In another email, he said Goldman should reduce prices on CDSs to "cause maximum pain" on existing holders of credit insurance.

There was, in fact, a vigorous debate within Goldman about the right level, just as there was over the firm's overall risk levels.

But for now, the dapper 31-year-old Harvard graduate and former Goldman Sachs banker is not sitting on his hands.

Managing directors, next down in the Goldman hierarchy, almost always get windowless inside offices.

The issue is at the heart of the SEC's suit against Goldman and Mr. Tourre.

That, at least, might help silence some of the wildest rumours about Goldman Sachs or anyone else.

Goldman's statement, at least, indicates it is aware of those risks and believes it has managed them appropriately.

Goldman, for its part, has insisted it did not need the bailout money because it was "always fully collateralized and hedged. "

Goldman Sachs reported just its second quarterly loss since it went public and the first since the dark days of late 2008.

At the crucial point last December, Goldman walked out of the negotiations and threatened to make its own, higher bid.

Goldman said yesterday that it had recorded only one daily trading loss in the quarter.

Mr Thain, a former president of Goldman Sachs, is credited with transforming the NYSE since he took over in January 2004.

The World Bank and Goldman Sachs have said China could move ahead of the United States into the number one spot within the next 20 years.

Goldman Sachs was fairly up front about it, a rarity in the industry.

As the international business of Goldman Sachs developed, Thornton also came closer and closer to the peak position in the company.

Goldman "repeatedly put its own interests and profits ahead of the interests of its clients, " Levin told reporters at a briefing.

"The ongoing reduction in the total number of benefit recipients is consistent with continued hiring, " wrote economists at Goldman Sachs.

Goldman -- and to a lesser extent, Morgan Stanley -- has maneuvered through the credit crisis better than other investment banks.

Markets remain fragile. Even Goldman would struggle to make money without the array of government backstops propping up the system.

Mr. Perkins said he plans to run a series of antibailout ads nationwide until he has spent all of his Goldman gains.

It may hope to use shares as a currency with which to reward its 750 employees, as Goldman has so generously done.

But the results still are out of character for the firm, and a timely reminder for investors that Goldman, too, is mortal.

Goldman regrets that the marketing materials did not contain that disclosure.

Lawyers said the Justice Department would need a very strong case to defeat Goldman.

Goldman Sachs analyst Malcolm Southwood, however, said the price boom is nearing its peak.

Investors will also get a say on pay: Goldman said shareholders will get an advisory vote on the company's compensation policies.

Jim O'Neil, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Formerly head of global economic research at the bank.

TARP funds did not boost the TCE ratios of banks and so Goldman's offering would be seen as a positive, MacDonald said.

It's what I call the Goldman Sachs Effect: Goldman increased its leverage and its profit margins shot into the stratosphere.

Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman's CEO, says the bank escaped the subprime mortgage storm with less damage than its competitors.

Goldman Sachs analyst Patrick Archambault also said he believed Ford would avoid bankruptcy.

That would amount to roughly $1 trillion a year in excess cash, estimates Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economist Andrew Tilton.

Instead, it outlines 39 principles that Goldman is now supposed to adopt, and partly reorganises the bank's internal structure.

Sixty-eight years later, Goldman Sachs turned to that lad, now one of the richest men in the world, for a capital injection of $5 billion.

Goldman Sachs report on Monday said Pfizer "more than any other pharma company, needs to take action and enact a fundamental change. "

'One of the things I learned during my career is I'm not a great investor, ' said Paulson, the former head of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS).

Against that backdrop, Goldman currently favors large-capitalization stocks over small-cap, although the strategy has not paid off so far.

Goldman recently said in its annual report that public relations were a critical risk to its business.

With this uncertainty looming, Morgan Stanley and Goldman might decide selling out to a bigger bank is better for shareholders.

Francis Fukuyama: You got to know the Chinese leadership when you were at Goldman Sachs, well before you came to be Treasury Secretary.

See. . . if he worked for Goldman Sachs he would be getting a multi million dollar bonus.

But it had virtues that, reading the SEC's settlements with JPMorgan and Goldman, make me nostalgic.

Facebook and Goldman seem to have the letter of the law on their side.

It would exacerbate suspicions that Goldman, with its long history of producing Treasury secretaries, gets special treatment.

Investors pounded Goldman Sachs shares on Friday as it became increasingly clear that the Wall Street bank's problems are growing.

Goldman Sachs predicts that the next prime minister will spend his first year in office presiding over a shrinking economy.

Mr. Lau's son, Lau Ming-wai, studied at the London School of Economics and then worked for Goldman Sachs in London .

He must have wondered if Goldman would have been better off from a public-relations point of view by incurring giant losses, like Citigroup.

Goldman seems to be doing fine now: this week, it reported unexpectedly robust first-quarter earnings of $1. 8bn.

For Goldman, nearly half of its revenue in its robust third quarter came from its fixed income, currency and commodities trading business.

Indeed, the investment bank Goldman Sachs expects the Chinese economy's total size to surpass that of the United States by 2027.

"In terms of timing, Goldman got it (the crash) right this time. Well done, " said an oil trader with a major rival bank.

Fang Fenglei has been the main figurehead for Goldman's investment banking operation on the mainland since it was set up in December 2004.

Goldman has plenty of capital and a cash pile of $164bn, which it keeps stuck in short-term Treasury bonds in case of future turmoil.

In 2050, according to Goldman Sachs, the United States will be the only Western power to make it into the top five.

With public ownership came greater reporting responsibilities, but precisely what Goldman is up to remains obscure.

The firm also said the SEC completed a review of other collateralized debt obligations created by Goldman.

But equally important is Goldman's transformation into a bank holding company, allowing it to access new sources of funding.

That, of course, has the potential to generate substantial revenues for Goldman Sachs' clients.

Goldman said that it would also let its shareholders vote on its executives' pay, although the decision would be nonbinding.

Against this background, the SEC's Goldman suit, launched only in April, seemed to signal that the agency was back in the fight.

The fraud charges filed against Goldman Sachs, over synthetic derivatives, emboldened those looking to crack down on exotic instruments.

Traditionally, Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have had the dominant prime brokerage units both in the US and overseas.

Darren Mills, one of Oliver Woo's recent clients who works for Goldman Sachs, has opted for a more serious look.

Goldman's ability to reap large profits without ramping up risk underlines the changing nature of trading on Wall Street.

For better or for worse, Goldman Sachs has come to symbolise New York finance, but the bank has its China base in Beijing.

The former Goldman Sachs executive wanted to call attention to the entrepreneurial energies that have been unleashed in the region.

Some shareholders said the tide could turn against Mr. Blankfein if Goldman shares fall below their current book value of about $122.

Goldman sees itself as "long-term greedy" , preferring to forgo profit today rather than to alienate a client.

Meanwhile, Goldman and the other banks which hope to turn these vehicles into a big business should consider friending some good lawyers.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is preparing to lay off 10% of its 32, 500 employees, according to people familiar with the matter.

Perhaps more than any other Wall Street firm, Goldman has been steadfast in defending its actions during the credit boom.

Goldman Sachs economist Yu Song said the slowdown in money supply and credit growth is alarming.

Tushar Poddar, a Goldman Sachs economist, said the tightening was stronger than the 25 basis points he had expected for the repo rate.

Two Democratic Congressmen plan to ask the SEC to investigate dealings between Goldman and AIG.

Until recently, Goldman was a partnership, which is one of the best risk-control mechanisms invented.

For its money, Goldman Sachs gets a piece of a business expected to double in size when voluntary emissions credits become mandatory.

Goldman, which used to be a partnership all the way up, has become, like most other public companies, a monarchy.

This endorsement helped Goldman to raise a further $5 billion in a share offering the next day.

It also is bad timing for investment banks like Goldman, given that their fiscal third quarter comes to a close at the end of this month.

In the process, Mr Ohtsubo became one of the few people who can claim to have got the better of Goldman Sachs in a deal.

David Viniar, Goldman's chief financial officer, attempted to play down the bank's record remuneration prospects last week.

This week, AIG released new data that might help investors assess the extent to which Goldman protected itself.

But pressing lesser charges against Goldman Sachs officials might make sense, he said.

Goldman laureate Rios says his plan was to address these urgent problems one farmer at a time.

ACA did so on an understanding it obtained from Goldman that Mr Paulson was to take a long position in the securities.

You just left your longtime job as a banker for Goldman Sachs in London, where you live. What did you do there, exactly?

"Bernanke is closing the door to more rate cuts, " said Steve Goldman, market strategist at Weeden & Co in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the only remaining independent investment banks, changed their status to become ordinary commercial banks.

Embracing risk could keep working for Goldman if market conditions continue to improve or, at least, stabilize.

When Goldman people visit other cities, the company directs them to hotels at which it has negotiated rates.

Strength: If he accomplishes nothing else, Angelides will be remembered for comparing Goldman chief Lloyd Blankfein to a used-car salesman.