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Goldman Sachs Group Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/10 – ‘XML.R8’

On:  Monday, 11/8/10, at 6:54pm ET   ·   As of:  11/9/10   ·   For:  9/30/10   ·   Accession #:  950123-10-102658   ·   File #:  1-14965

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/09/10  Goldman Sachs Group Inc           10-Q        9/30/10   70:33M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.97M 
 2: EX-12.1     EX-12.1 Statement Re: Computation of Ratios of      HTML     32K 
                Earnings to Fixed Charges and Ratios                             
 3: EX-15.1     EX-15.1 Letter Re: Unaudited Interim Financial      HTML     24K 
                Information                                                      
 4: EX-31.1     EX-31.1 Rule 13A-14(A) Certifications               HTML     31K 
 5: EX-32.1     EX-32.1 Section 1350 Certifications                 HTML     23K 
52: XML         IDEA XML File -- Definitions and References          XML    424K 
61: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    471K 
58: XML.R1      Document and Entity Information                      XML    189K 
59: XML.R2      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings        XML    460K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
34: XML.R3      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial       XML    337K 
                Condition (Unaudited)                                            
40: XML.R4      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial       XML    234K 
                Condition (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                            
50: XML.R5      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in      XML    839K 
                Shareholders Equity (Unaudited)                                  
49: XML.R6      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows      XML    465K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
67: XML.R7      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive   XML    127K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
21: XML.R8      Description of Business                              XML     47K 
48: XML.R9      Significant Accounting Policies                      XML    153K 
18: XML.R10     Financial Instruments                                XML    904K 
17: XML.R11     Securitization Activities and Variable Interest      XML    284K 
                Entities                                                         
33: XML.R12     Deposits                                             XML     64K 
55: XML.R13     Short-Term Borrowings                                XML     57K 
35: XML.R14     Long Term Borrowings                                 XML     91K 
37: XML.R15     Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees            XML    176K 
45: XML.R16     Shareholders Equity                                  XML     85K 
70: XML.R17     Earnings Per Common Share                            XML     71K 
31: XML.R18     Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets          XML    104K 
12: XML.R19     Other Assets and Other Liabilities                   XML     81K 
39: XML.R20     Transactions with Affiliated Funds                   XML     44K 
54: XML.R21     Income Taxes                                         XML     52K 
25: XML.R22     Regulation and Capital Adequacy                      XML     78K 
51: XML.R23     Business Segments                                    XML    182K 
38: XML.R24     Interest Income and Interest Expense                 XML     76K 
66: XML.R25     Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)           XML    391K 
57: XML.R26     Financial Instruments (Tables)                       XML    945K 
41: XML.R27     Securitization Activities and Variable Interest      XML    288K 
                Entities (Tables)                                                
46: XML.R28     Deposits (Tables)                                    XML     68K 
16: XML.R29     Short-Term Borrowings (Tables)                       XML     52K 
19: XML.R30     Long-Term Borrowings (Tables)                        XML     89K 
26: XML.R31     Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees (Tables)   XML    121K 
32: XML.R32     Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                        XML     79K 
44: XML.R33     Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)                   XML     71K 
56: XML.R34     Goodwill And Identifiable Intangible Assets          XML    112K 
                (Tables)                                                         
14: XML.R35     Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Tables)          XML     93K 
22: XML.R36     Income Taxes (Tables)                                XML     48K 
60: XML.R37     Regulation and Capital Adequacy (Tables)             XML     63K 
65: XML.R38     Business Segments (Tables)                           XML    203K 
42: XML.R39     Interest Income And Interest Expense (Tables)        XML     75K 
68: XML.R40     Significant Accounting Policies (Details)            XML     87K 
24: XML.R41     Financial Instruments (Details)                      XML  33.36M 
69: XML.R42     Securitization Activities and Variable Interest      XML   3.94M 
                Entities (Details)                                               
28: XML.R43     Deposits (Details)                                   XML    343K 
13: XML.R44     Short-Term Borrowings (Details)                      XML    145K 
27: XML.R45     Long-Term Borrowings (Details)                       XML    677K 
53: XML.R46     Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees            XML   2.84M 
                (Details)                                                        
64: XML.R47     Shareholders' Equity (Details)                       XML   1.65M 
36: XML.R48     Earnings Per Common Share (Details)                  XML    212K 
29: XML.R49     Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets          XML    984K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: XML.R50     Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Details)         XML    302K 
15: XML.R51     Transactions with Affiliated Funds (Details)         XML    102K 
47: XML.R52     Income Taxes (Details)                               XML    163K 
30: XML.R53     Regulation and Capital Adequacy (Details)            XML    374K 
20: XML.R54     Business Segments (Details)                          XML   1.43M 
63: XML.R55     Interest Income And Interest Expense (Details)       XML    238K 
62: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   4.98M 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- gs-20100930                         XML   7.00M 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- gs-20100930_cal                 XML    252K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- gs-20100930_pre                XML   1.35M 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- gs-20100930                           XSD    484K 
23: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000950123-10-102658-xbrl      Zip    464K

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(Group Inc.), a Delaware corporation, together with its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the firm), is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and <font style="white-space: nowrap">high-net-worth</font> individuals. 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