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NEW YORK, Oct 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell in the last
minutes of trading on Wednesday after the chief executive of
General Electric disappointed investors with comments
that the big industrial conglomerate aims to keep next year's
profit the same as 2008.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 74.16 points,
or 0.82 percent, to end unofficially at 8,990.96. The Standard
& Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> declined 10.42 points, or 1.11
percent, to close unofficially at 930.09. But the Nasdaq
Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 7.74 points, or 0.47 percent,
to finish unofficially at 1,657.21.

The comments by GE's chief executive were made to Dow
Jones Newswires.