TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp on Monday reported a 3% rise in third-quarter operating profit, beating analyst estimates, thanks to restructuring efforts and an improvement at the joint battery business with Tesla Inc Panasonic, which supplies battery cells for electric vehicles (EVs) made by Tesla, posted a profit of 100.4 billion yen (£696.30 million) for the October-December period, versus 97.6 billion yen a year prior.The result compared with the 67.36 billion yen average of eight..