Goldman Sachs announced Thursday that its quarterly earnings nearly quadrupled from a year ago. The Wall Street bank said it made about $3 billion in the third quarter.
Goldman has emerged as one of the winners from the financial crisis. Not so for Citigroup, which told shareholders Thursday that it lost more than $3 billion last quarter.
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