nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||It's Nice To Be Rich: Wall Street Is Raking In Profits In The Stock Market||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The economy is tanking, with massive layoffs and bankruptcies. But the richest sliver of the country continues to do quite well. The latest evidence: Goldman Sachs said it's raking in money on trades.

More so than other big banks, Goldman Sachs depends on stock and bond trading to make money, and the financial markets were the place to be in the second quarter.



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It's Nice To Be Rich: Wall Street Is Raking In Profits In The Stock Market

The economy is tanking, with massive layoffs and bankruptcies. But the richest sliver of the country continues to do quite well. The latest evidence: Goldman Sachs said it's raking in money on trades.