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Goldman Sachs surprised investors on Monday with an early release of its quarterly profits, which were way better than analysts had expected, twice as good, in terms of earnings per share. Now profits for the first 3 months of the year came into a total of $1.81 billion. Goldman also announced plans for a $5 billion share sale to help back its, help pay back rather, its so called TARP loan from the U.S. government. $10 billion under the troubled assets relief program.