11:05 AM EST - Laurentian Bank of Canada : said third-quarter profit rose on the back of strong retail loan growth, the bank said on Thursday. The country's eighth-biggest bank by market value posted net income of $23.2 million, or 85 cents a share, for the three months ended July 31. That compared with $6.2 million, or 13 cents a share, in the same quarter in 2006. Laurentian Bank of Canada
shares T.LB are trading up 60 cents at $37.25.
