http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/ Business News from around the world en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:52:52 GMT vBulletin 180 http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/ http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/business-news/169346-goldman-sachs-fined-30-9-million-uk-report-new-post.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:10:24 GMT LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has been fined 20 million pounds ($30.9 million) by the UK's financial regulator for failing to disclose it was under fraud investigation by its U.S. counterpart, the BBC reported on Wednesday.





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