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Goldman Sachs shares have jumped some 4.7% in pre-market trading to around $152 following the announcement of an agreement with the SEC to pay a record $550 million settlement over fraud claims linked to the subprime mortgage investment known as Abacus.

Mark Curtis has come to America to sell digital icecubes on hot summer days. The CEO of Flirtomatic -- a mobile flirting social-network startup -- has attracted $15 million in revenue by selling flirting and virtual goods, like digital ice cubes, to an audience starved for fun with no strings...