GE reported Q3 earnings per share $0.22 on revenue $37.8 billion.

* GE reports Q3 2009 EPS of $0.22 (includes $0.05 restructuring & other charges); industrial cash flow of $4.4B in Q3 and $11.5B YTD, up 1%; industrial segment

profit up 4%; backlog up to record $174B; capital finance earns $263mm

* Q3 earnings per share $0.22 from continuing operations

* Q3 earnings per share $0.22 * Q3 revenue $37.8 billion

* Says GE Capital completed 2009 long-term debt funding plan; pre-funded; > 90% of 2010 plan to date

* Says seeing signs of stabilization in environment for GE Capital

* Says every segment at GE Capital was profitable with the exception of real estate

* CEO says preparing GE Capital to be a smaller, more focused franchise

* Q3 earnings per share view $0.20, revenue view $39,503.93 million -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S

* CEO says global economic environment beginning to slowly recover

* Says capital finance earned $263 million in the quarter

* Says generated $18.4 billion in infrastructure orders, a decline of 18% year-over-year

* Says total company orders of $18.4 billion, down 18%

* Says equipment orders up $0.7 billion from 2q 2009

* Says continued aggressive cost reductions in the quarter

* Says preparing GE Capital to be a smaller, more focused franchise

* Says capital finance on track for profitable 2009

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