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text: GE Third-Quarter Profit Rises 1 Percent  BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co.'s &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;GE.N&lt;/A&gt;  third-quarter earnings inched up 1 percent as strength across  many of its financial and industrial businesses outweighed  hurricane-related insurance losses, the company said on Friday.