Goldman profit almost doubles
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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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Stock market bulls are betting strong second-quarter profits will send equities even higher with the earnings reporting season in full swing this week.
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Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings rose 23 percent to beat Wall Street expectations.
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Levi Strauss & Co. said on Tuesday that quarterly net profit more than doubled, helped by higher operating income and lower tax expense.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings rose 2 percent, trouncing expectations as higher merger advisory fees and surprisingly strong debt trading results helped it sidestep the credit crunch that has hammered the rest of Wall Street.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings rose as a timely bet against subprime mortgages and higher investment banking fees helped it sidestep the credit crunch that hammered the rest of Wall Street.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Tuesday   said third-quarter profit fell less than expected as strong   investment banking results helped offset a summer slump in   trading, sending its shares to a three-month high.
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Continental Airlines Inc.  on  Thursday said second-quarter profit nearly doubled as higher  fares and wage cuts offset climbing fuel prices.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings rose 2 percent, beating expectations and capping a record year, but its shares fell after the investment bank cautioned that markets will remain challenging in the near future.
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First-quarter profit more than doubled on asset sales and income from last yearâs two biggest-selling DVD releases.
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Goldman Sachs yesterday reported record full-year earnings, following record results from Lehman Brothers earlier in the week and setting the pace for the rest of Wall Street.
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HONG KONG Cheung Kong (Holdings), the holding company of the billionaire Li Ka-shing, said Thursday that first-half profit almost doubled, spurred by higher earnings from its Hutchison Whampoa unit and a surge in property sales.
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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.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Tuesday   said third-quarter profit fell less than expected as strong   investment banking results offset a summer slump in trading,   sending its shares higher.
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Swiss reinsurance group Swiss Re said it had nearly doubled its net profit in the first half of the year thanks to a better-than-expected investment result.
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A doubling of earnings, but no jump in stock price?
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Boeing Co.  said on Wednesday fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, as it delivered more commercial aircraft than in the year-earlier quarter.