VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has finally agreed to pay $5.1 billion on Wednesday to resolve a seven years’ pending dispute over faulty mortgage securities. The penalty amount remains lower compared to those counted by other Wall Street competitors. Fourth quarter profit of the firm may be hit by the penalty counting. But investors welcome the settlement and its share price rises by 1.5% on Thursday.

The world's largest economy registered an encouraging growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2015. The GDP growth rate surpassed previous forecasts as businesses expanded inventories indicating the economy on the right track.

Goldman Sachs sold 1.3 million shares from Valeant on Thursday, which the pharmaceuticals company was holding as collateral for its CEO, Michael Pearson.

Bitcoin, the most famous digital and crypto currency, has an enormous surge of value with more than 70% raise in a month. A movement that surprised every body amidst a global economic slowdown, is coming from Chinese capital outflow invested in bitcoin.

Morgan Stanley reported a big miss in the third quarter profit as a result of a decline in their trading and private equity business. Although they have shifted their focus on business segment with less risk, global economic slowdown has hit Morgan Stanley and other US banks this quarter.

Last Friday, Uber Technologies have revealed plans of raising $1 billion from a new pool of investors which will make it the most powerful, and most valuable, privately-owned, start-up in the whole world.

Goldman Sachs found its pre-kindergarten program in Salt Lake City had worked for both sides: the state, and the company itself. The program was conducted by Utah Voices for Children and was set to expand the spots in the program for 600 children. All of the children involved in the program were from low-income families, and 110 were expected to need special education in elementary school.

SanFrancisco-based financial services company Square has announced the appointment of Jacqueline Reses, outgoing chief development officer of Yahoo, as its head of its business financing division Square Capital. Square is in the process of going for an initial public offer (IPO). Square wants to send a message to the capital market that how strong is its top managerial board. The hiring of Reses will enable Square Capital to tap potential areas of business growth where traditional business firms ignore.

Goldman Sachs is racing ahead of its rivals in the global investment banking segment by revenues and fees in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) activity. Goldman Sachs' performance in 2015 so far exceeded while its competitors are not even close to it. With a market share of 12.3 percent, Goldman Sachs recorded $2billion revenues till date, while JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are left with less than nine percent market share in the M&A space. The mergers and acquisitions activity this year so far was a robust period for Goldman Sachs.

Dividend stocks are investors favourite during the economic uncertainty. Dividends signal a strong performance by the company and it also allows investors to make some return on investment during the tough time.

Japanese automobile major Mitsubishi Motors Corp has begun the process of closing down operations in the US. Mitsubishi had put on its sole US manufacturing unit on the block, but couldn't find a suitable buyer and decided to close the shop.

The American investment bank, Goldman Sachs, has placed ads to Snapchat targeting to hire millennials. The bank shared a short video in Snapchat Campus Stories.

Four major banks -- Bank of New York Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs -- have reached an agreement with New York State's Department of Financial Services (DFS) over record keeping for the Symphony messaging system.

Allaying fears about China's economy slowing down, Goldman Sachs says it's overblown. However, the American investment bank agreed that recently the world witnessed some negative developments.

The fake financial company goes by the name "Goldman Sachs (Shenzhen) Financial Leasing Co" and holds office in Shenzhen. Little was known of the counterfeit institution but before its web site went down on Wednesday, it claimed to have been established in 2013. It also makes itself more likable by saying that it is "the biggest financial leasing firm" in the place.