PRI19980612.2000.0235 NEWS TRANSCRIPT Goldman sachs, the last New York bank still in private hands, is deciding this weekend whether to go public. 190 partner are meeting to discuss whether to float the hugely profitable company on the stock market. Patrick owe come reports for world from New York. Goldman sachs founded in 1869 by a German immigrant is linked with Wall Street's biggest moments, bruised in the depression, in on the launch in the Ford motor company, and advises to F.D.R. it's run as a partnership and appears to carry an air of Mystique, even while the at work in a modern global economy. But that is the point as its rivals merge to combine assets many say Goldman sachs needs the extra financial fighting power that issuing stocks can bring. The 190 partners are meeting in secret to discuss once again how much, if at all, of their business to take public. For "The World," I'm Patrick O'Connell in New York.