Corning profit rises
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Corning Inc. said on Wednesday that it earned $521 million, or 35 cents a share in the third quarter, compared to $462 million, or 30 cents a share a year ago. Sales in the quarter rose to $2.04 billion, from $1.91 billion a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet Research had expected the glass company to earn 32 cents a share on revenue of $2.02 billion.