GOLDMAN SACHS

What Recession? Luxury Brand Retailers Can Barely Keep Up With Consumer Demand

Saks Firth Avenue
Upscale apparel and accessories retailers have been consistently outperforming the rest of the retail market, as they've been able to simultaneously roll back discounts and increase sales. A spike in sales for the most expensive of offerings, and at branded outlets, belies a more sinister reason for the surge: growing income inequality.
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Goldman CEO: Wall Street could rebound

Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein said it is too early to say that Wall Street business is down because the industry has fundamentally changed.
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As Banks Stop Hiring, Industry Safety Net Rips Apart

The banking sector, enduring rounds of deep job cuts, faces the grim prospect of having nowhere to turn to for immediate employment in the industry, as nearly all branches of finance have pulled back on hiring.
NVIDIA President and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang gives a demonstration during his keynote address at the GPU Technology Conference in San Jose

Chipmaker Nvidia's Quarterly Results Beats Street

Nvidia Corp's third-quarter results beat estimates as the chipmaker refocused on smartphones and tablets in a tepid personal computer market, although its revenue forecast was a bit lower than expected.
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UBS India Head Resigns; Kamat Named New CEO: Memo

The head of India operations at UBS AG , Manisha Girotra, has resigned, according to an internal memo, the latest high-profile exit from the Swiss bank in the world's second-fastest growing major country.
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Goldman Faces Lawsuits Over $15.8 Billion in Mortgages

Goldman Sachs Group Inc faces lawsuits over $15.8 billion worth of mortgage securities, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday, a more than 30-fold increase from the amount disclosed three months earlier.
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Failing on Greece, EU Must Ring-fence Italy

One message from financial markets has become quite clear: attempts by the euro zone to ring-fence Greece and stop contagion to other, more significant economies has failed.
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Wall Street workers' pay to fall 20-30 percent: report

The average Wall Street bonus will decline by 20 percent to 30 percent this year, according to a closely watched compensation report, as banks cut costs and lay off workers in a weak environment for trading and deal-making.
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Jefferies cuts certain Europe positions by half

Jefferies Group Inc the mid-sized investment bank trying to distance itself from bankrupt MF Global Holdings Ltd , said it reduced by half the gross positions in sovereign securities of certain European countries it had on Friday.
A protestor holds a placard next to the euro sculpture outside the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarter during a demonstration of the occupy-movement in Frankfurt's banking district

Eurozone Countries Could Split, Says Goldman Sachs Exec

Countries in the Eurozone will find it increasingly unattractive to stay in the single currency, if there is a German-led fiscal integration, the chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management said in a Sunday Telegraph interview.
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Euro zone countries could split, says Goldman Sachs exec

Countries in the euro zone will find it increasingly unattractive to stay in the single currency, if there is a German-led fiscal integration, the chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management said in a Sunday Telegraph interview.
A warehouse contracted out by Goldman Sachs warehouse subsidiary Metro International Trade Services to hold metals is seen in Detroit in this photo taken July 12, 2011.

Goldman's New Money Machine: Warehouses

In a rundown patch of Detroit, enclosed by a cyclone fence and barbed wire, stands an unremarkable warehouse that investment bank Goldman Sachs has transformed into a money-making machine.
Gensler testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington

CFTC Chief Won't Participate in MF Global Review: Report

The head of the U.S. futures regulator working on a sweeping review into the business practices of failed futures brokerage MF Global Inc. said he will not be participating in any further parts of the inquiry, a source told Reuters Friday.

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