Paris/ AFP French bank Societe Generale served investors a pleasant surprise with third-quarter results, sending its shares soaring. Although falling by 2.4 percent to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion), net profit still came in well above analysts’ forecasts of 888 million euros according to Factset, a data provider. Shares in Societe Generale, France’s third largest bank after BNP Paribas ...

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