Goldman Sachs profit falls on investment banking weakness, higher costs <!-- no image --> <div>Goldman Sachs Group Inc reported a 26% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, hurt by weakness in its investment banking business and higher operating costs.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Fpfl4qKxPOY:HxbGYmHNX1k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Fpfl4qKxPOY:HxbGYmHNX1k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Fpfl4qKxPOY:HxbGYmHNX1k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Fpfl4qKxPOY:HxbGYmHNX1k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Fpfl4qKxPOY:HxbGYmHNX1k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Fpfl4qKxPOY" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters