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text: AG Edwards Profit Misses Forecasts  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brokerage firm A.G. Edwards Inc.  &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AGE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;AGE.N&lt;/A&gt; on Thursday said quarterly earnings rose 8 percent as  expenses declined, but sluggish equity markets caused profit  and revenue to fall short of analysts' forecasts.