text: Avon Third-Quarter Profit Rises  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Avon Products Inc. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AVP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;AVP.N&lt;/A&gt; on Friday  posted higher quarterly earnings as business in Latin America  and Europe helped offset weakness in the United States for the  direct seller of cosmetics.