09:43 AM EST - Petro-Canada : reported third-quarter operating earnings of $1.24 billion, up 97 percent from $630 million in the same period last year, the company announced Thursday. Earnings per share rose to $2.56 from $1.29, it said. Third-quarter 2008 cash flow from operating activities before changes in non-cash working capital was $2.1 billion, up 72 percent from $1.2 billion in the same quarter of last year. Petro-Canada
shares T.PCA are trading up 82 cents at $26.23.
