DuPont: Doing Just Fine Until Merger Time

DuPont's ( DD ) merger with Dow Chemical ( DOW ) is taking forever...but at least DuPont continues to deliver the goods in the meantime. DuPont reported an adjusted profit of $1.64 per share today, beating forecasts for $1.38 a share , on sales of $7.7 billion, ahead of analyst expectations for $7.5 billion. Jefferies analyst Laurence Alexander looks ahead to the merger with Dow Chemical: