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GE profit from continuing operations up 2.5 percent


    (Reuters) - General Electric Co reported a 2.5 percent rise in quarterly profit from continuing operations, as solid demand in the United States for equipment used in energy production offset the effects of a weakening European economy.

    The largest U.S. conglomerate said second-quarter net earnings attributable to common shareholders -- which do account for discontinued operations -- had fallen 15.8 percent to $3.11 billion, or 29 cents per share, from $3.69 billion, or 35 cents per share, a year earlier.

    Profit from continuing operations was $3.66 billion, up from $3.57 billion.

    (Reporting By Scott Malone in Boston; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)