Goldman wooed Benfield over $1.4 bln deal: report
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs  has made a bid approach of about 700 million pounds ($1.4 billion) for reinsurance broker Benfield , the Daily Telegraph said on Friday.
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A report says Goldman Sachs has made a bid for the Japanese consumer finance giant, challenging Newbridge Capital.
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Costume jewelry retailer Claire's Stores Inc. is seeking a private-equity buyer and has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to advise the company, according to a report by Bloomberg news agency on Thursday.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may be in talks with the founding family of top Japanese consumer finance firm Takefuji Corp. for a stake of over &#36;2.74 billion, a source told Reuters on Friday, heating up competition among foreign investors to enter a &#36;97 billion industry.
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Bear Stearns  is in serious talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett, about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.
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The Related Companies received equity and debt investments of nearly $1.4 billion from the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government and others on Monday.
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Source says the investment bank is in talks to buy GLG Partners, estimated to be worth $1.5B. LONDON  - Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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The Motley Fool - Here's something you don't see every day -- the continuing brouhaha between Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL - News) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT - News) being a notable exception. South Africa's Harmony Gold Mining Company (NYSE: HMY - News) has announced a hostile takeover bid to acquire fellow South African miner Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI - News). The transaction, if it takes place, would be an all-stock acquisition, with Harmony issuing 1.275 new shares in payment for each share of Gold Fields. The deal would value Gold Fields at more than &#36;8 billion. ...
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Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the world's largest casino operator, received a $15.1 billion takeover offer from two private equity firms in what would be the fourth-largest leveraged buyout ever.
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Stock index futures remained higher on Tuesday after investment bank Goldman Sachs Group  reported its fourth-quarter earnings rose.
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NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Tuesday said higher investment banking fees and smart bets in mortgage-backed bonds helped it easily beat Wall Street expectations for the fourth fiscal quarter.
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc. , the worldâs largest diversified miner, said on Tuesday it would buy back up to A$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) of its shares.
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Costume jewelry retailer Claire's  Stores Inc. is seeking a private-equity buyer and has  hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to advise the company, according  to a report by Bloomberg news agency on Thursday.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the world's largest investment bank, said on Tuesday quarterly earnings nearly doubled on strong growth in almost every business, but some investors questioned whether the company can keep up the pace.
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China Netcom, the smallest of Chinaâs four big telecoms carriers, raised US$1.13 billion from a Hong Kong and New York IPO priced just above the mid-point of its indicated range, sponsor Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N on  Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose 23 percent as its  fixed-income, currency and commodities business soared while a  rebounding stock market boosted investment banking.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose as its fixed-income, currency and commodities business soared while a rebounding stock market boosted investment banking.