Goldman Sachs: "Our buildings came through with very little damage"

That's because they didn't trust government.

According to Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn, GS is ready to re-open for business and points out that, although not needed in response to Hurricane Sandy damage, GS has a major back-up facility in Salt Lake City.

Cohn also noted that GS owns the Conrad Hotel nearby their headquarters in downtown NYC and that GS put a generator in that hotel, so the hotel is functioning with power.

Here's what the rest of lower Manhattan will face:

Lower Manhattan faces up to four days without power: ConEd reut.rs/WYHQi9 #Sandy

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