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To: AugustWest who wrote (2464)	9/24/2002 8:47:59 AM
From: AugustWest	Respond to of 57110

Goldman Sachs profit up on trading gains Tuesday September 24, 8:38 am ET NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS - News), a top Wall Street firm, on Tuesday posted an increase in quarterly profit as fixed income and currency trading offset declines in investment banking. The New York firm reported net income of $522 million, or $1.00 a share, for its fiscal third quarter ended Aug. 30. That compared with earnings of $468 million, or 87 cents a share, a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected Goldman to earn 99 cents a share, with estimates ranging from 90 cents and $1.09, according to market research firm Thomson First Call. biz.yahoo.com Additionally, brokerage coverage breaks down like this: Strong Buy 4 Buy 6 Hold 7 Sell 0 Strong Sell 0 ---------------------------- Covering Brokers 17 biz.yahoo.com