Goldman Sachs sold $250 million of BP stock before spill

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Firm's stock sale nearly twice as large as any other institution; Represented 44 percent of total BP investment.

Goldman Sachs sold 4,680,822 shares of BP in the first quarter of 2010. Goldman's sales were the largest of any firm during that time. Goldman would have pocketed slightly more than $266 million if their holdings were sold at the average price of BP's stock during the quarter.

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