Earnings excluding items increased to 36 cents per share from 31 cents a share in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $36.3 billion from $35.37 billion a year ago. According to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters, analysts had expected General Electric to report earnings excluding items of 36 cents a share on $36.94 billion in revenue.
Following the release, the conglomerate's shares [GE 22.81 
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