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Goldman Sachs second-quarter profit up 5 percent

[July 15, 2014]  (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc <GS.N> reported a 5 percent increase in second-quarter profit on Tuesday, driven by higher revenue from its investing and lending business.

The Wall Street bank earned $1.95 billion, or 4.10 per share, in the three months ended June 30, up from $1.86 billion, or $3.70 per share, in the same period a year earlier.

(Reporting by Anil D'Silva in Bangalore and Lauren Tara LaCapra in New York; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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