BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co. on Friday posted a rise in quarterly profit, boosted by broad-based earnings growth in its finance, energy and health-care businesses.
GE, which produces everything from gas turbines to television shows and credit cards, delivered a net profit of $5.38 billion, or 51 cents a share, in the fourth quarter. In the year-ago period it earned $4.56 billion, or 45 cents a share.
Analysts on average forecast earnings of 50 cents a share, according to Reuters Estimates
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