Goldman Sachs Loss USD2 M

Goldman Sachs reported a loss of up to USD2 billion in the quarter-IV in 2008.

As quoted from the Wall Street Journal loss is equal to USD5 per share. "Losses of this disumbang from the real estate sector," said the journal, as quoted from Reuters, Wednesday (3/12/2008).

Goldman has also been included in the scope of United States Central Bank (The Fed), after the change of status from investment bank into a bank holdings. Previously, both incoming region Securities and Exchange Commission (sec) or the body of the financial industry, such Bapepam-LK.

CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Lloyd Blakfein Executive and six officials have also supposedly do not get a salary bonus this year. Even before the crisis calls, the bonus boss-boss of investment bank board over the figure reached millions of U.S. dollars.

Last year, Blankfein received a bonus USD54 million or equivalent to Rp642, 6 billion (Rp11.900 per USD). The bonus is to make himself entry in the range of six top boss largest recipient of the bonus in the United States. Previously in 2007, when Blankfein serve in the Standard & Poor's 500, her salary is USD600 thousand per month or Rp7, 14 billion.

Goldman and Morgan Stanley are the two investment banks that have successfully survived from amukan liquidity crisis, were rescued after Bear Stearns Cos. Meanwhile, the bank board on the other, such as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Merrill Lynch, must be signed brink bankruptcy and then bought by Bank of America Corp.