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The friendship between Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) (GS) director, and Galleon Group LLC founder Raj Rajaratnam took center stage this morning at Gupta’s insider-trading trial, as prosecutors prepared to summon Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein to testify.

Blankfein will testify as a government witness today, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said during a break in the testimony. Blankfein, who was scheduled to testify on June 6, will take the stand this afternoon because of a scheduling conflict with his daughter’s graduation.

Michael DuVally, a spokesman for Goldman Sachs, declined to comment on Blankfein’s testimony or his schedule.

[BUSINESS WEEK]

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