April 20, 2010
Goldman earns $3.3B in 1Q as fraud case looms
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says its first-quarter earnings almost doubled to $3.3 billion as its trading business again surpassed the rest of the financial industry. It was a bit of good news for the bank as it faces a government civil fraud charge.
The company says it set aside 43 percent of revenue in the first three months of the year to pay employee salaries and bonuses, down from 50 percent for the same period last year.
Goldman Sachs earned $5.59 a share on revenue of $12.78 billion as bond, commodities and currency trading buoyed its profits for yet another quarter. That was well above expectations of analysts surveyed by Reuters Thomson.
Goldman Sachs also reported sharply higher fees from underwriting stock and debt offerings.
The bank's stock more than 1 percent in pre-opening trading.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
