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Los Angeles-based Farmers Group Inc. said President and Chief Executive Martin D. Feinstein has been elected to the additional post of chairman. . . . Los Angeles-based Ticketmaster Group Inc. reported third-quarter profit of $3 million, or 11 cents per share, compared with $2.8 million, or 19 cents, including a gain, for the year-ago period. . . . Los Angeles-based Sizzler International Inc. reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $776,000, or 3 cents per share, contrasted with a net loss of $622,000, or 2 cents, a year ago. . . . Brisbane-based Good Guys reported a fiscal second-quarter loss of $12.2 million, or 89 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $6.2 million, or 46 cents, a year ago. . . . Oakland-based Cost Plus Inc. reported a third-quarter net loss of $1.3 million, or 14 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $863,000, or 10 cents, a year earlier. . . . Pomona-based Hot Topic reported third-quarter net income of $1.1 million, or 23 cents per share, compared with $663,000, or 16 cents, a year ago. The company went public in September 1996. . . . Fremont-based Men’s Warehouse Inc. reported third-quarter net income of $5.5 million, or 25 cents per share, compared with $3.7 million, or 18 cents, a year ago. . . . Calabasas-based Organik Technologies Inc. said it filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Court protection.