Goldman tops views, Bear falls short
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Two Wall Street investment banks had markedly different success weathering summer market turbulence as results at Goldman Sachs Group Inc  easily exceeded expectations while those at Bear Stearns Cos  fell far short.
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U.S. blue chips closed slightly higher  on Thursday, helped by Johnson & Johnson Inc.'s JNJ.N $25  billion deal to buy Guidant Corp. GDT.N, but the broader  market fell, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N dragging the  S&P 500 lower after posting quarterly revenues that  disappointed Wall Street.
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NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the largest Wall Street investment house, on Tuesday said its first-quarter profit rose 29 percent to a company record on robust trading gains and investment banking fees. Its shares rose 2 percent.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday, beating estimates, on record investment banking fees and strong stock trading.
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A move by Bear Stearns to shore up one of its two faltering hedge funds did little to instill confidence in an already fearful market.
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NEW YORK Wall Street is sorting through the latest earnings news and stocks are narrowly mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up three points in today&#39;s early going.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday its quarterly earnings rose to a record, trouncing expectations despite recent fears that mortgage market woes and flagging stocks would hurt results.
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Stocks fell on Friday, led by  pharmaceutical shares after a U.S. health official raised  concerns about drug safety and a drop in chip-equipment makers  following a ratings downgrade by Goldman Sachs.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  and Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  are learning that it's a tough time to be in the U.S. mortgage business.
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Wall Street stocks edged higher on Wednesday after DuPont's earnings outlook cheered investors but as Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) forecast the US economy would fall into recession this year and MBIA (NYSE:MBI), a bond insurer, slashed its dividend.
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Lackluster equity fund performance has weighed on its results lately.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  on Tuesday posted its best quarterly earnings ever on record trading and banking results, trouncing expectations that were recently lowered amid fears that mortgage market woes and volatile stocks would hurt results.
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Goldman Sachs joins the chorus of bears expecting a recession in 2008.
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Goldman Sachs Group  Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein received more than $54.3 million in cash, stock and options last year after leading Wall Street's most profitable investment bank for just six months.
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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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Investment bank stocks rose strongly  Tuesday after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N and Lehman  Brothers Holding Inc. LEH.N reported surprisingly strong  third-quarter results, indicating that sluggish market  conditions this summer did not dent Wall Street earnings.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. eked out a 1 percent increase in quarterly profit on Thursday as a sharp drop in fixed income trading revenue offset record investment banking fees and strong equities income.