Profit Up, Lazard Defies Investment Banking Trend
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While other financial services companies are bleeding, the investment bank run by Bruce Wasserstein reported a 43 percent jump in its fourth-quarter profits.
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Goldman Sachs on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose 23 per cent 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.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N 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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By STAN CHOE  NEW YORK - Investment banking firm Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said its third-quarter profit surged on stronger investment-banking and trading business, surpassing analysts' expectations.
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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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Bruce Wasserstein, head of Lazard, could sell the investment bank rather than float it on the stock market, the Observer newspaper has reported.
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Shares rise as the bank has no new loans problems to report to Wall Street.
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Wells Fargo & Co.  and U.S.  Bancorp  recorded higher second-quarter profits, leading  a batch of bank earnings on Tuesday, as higher fees offset  pressure on lending margins from rising interest rates.
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Investment bank Lazard filed yesterday for its long-awaited initial public offering, asking to sell up to $850 million in stock.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said its second-quarter earnings rose 41 percent to a new record, beating expectations on higher trading and investment banking results.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the  largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday that  its quarterly profit rose 93 percent on investment gains,  banking fees and strong trading results.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday quarterly earnings rose to a record, despite recent fears that mortgage market woes and flagging stocks would hurt results.
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Lazard is moving towards a flotation that could raise $3billion and overhaul the complex structure of the powerful investment bank.
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BlackRock Inc. posted a 90 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, handily beating estimates, as it benefited from the credit market turmoil and acquisitions.
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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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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.