Bonds Boost Goldman, Lehman Profits
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N and  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N on Tuesday posted  higher-than-expected quarterly profits, fueled by surprising  strength in bond trading and investment banking growth.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N   on Wednesday said strong trading and investment management   revenue lifted third-quarter earnings by a better-than-expected   4 percent, bringing the company's shares to their highest level   since May.
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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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Net earnings at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. rose 23 percent in the fourth quarter as increased transaction volume and a rise in mergers and acquisitions, the brokerage announced Thursday.
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  on Tuesday said its second-quarter profit rose 27 percent as surging bond underwriting and stock trading revenue more than made up for bond trading results hurt by U.S. mortgage weakness.
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Goldman Sachs today posted a 30 percent jump in profit for its latest quarter, helped by strong growth across its segments.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said quarterly profit rose 22 percent on resilient fixed-income revenue, record
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Investment banks Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers yesterday surprised analysts by posting better than expected third-quarter profits.
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Stocks rebounded in early trading after Goldman Sachs and Best Buy posted solid profit gains and central banks issued billions of dollars in loans to the worldâs commercial banks.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , the first of Wall Street's biggest firms to report second-quarter earnings, said profit rose 27 percent to a record as a rally in stocks fueled equity trading and investment-banking revenue increased.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as   optimism about the financial sector following   stronger-than-expected results from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.   GS.N outweighed news of a record U.S. trade deficit in July.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings and the Bear Stearns Companies, the Wall Street companies most dependent on the fixed-income market, posted record fourth-quarter earnings, helped by corporate bonds and derivatives.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  posted its best quarterly earnings ever on Tuesday 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 Group Inc. on Thursday  said fourth-quarter profit rose 23 percent on strong  fixed-income and commodities trading results and investment  banking gains, but shares fell as revenue missed expectations.
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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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U.S. stocks climbed on Thursday, boosted by surprisingly high earnings from investment bank Bear Stearns Co. Inc. and economists' bullish estimates for stock indexes performance next year.
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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.