UPDATE: 3M Posts Higher Q3 Profit
October 24, 2013 at 08:22 AM EDT
3M Co (NYSE: MMM ) reported a rise in its third-quarter earnings. 3M's quarterly earnings surged to $1.23 billion, or $1.78 per share, from $1.16 billion, or $1.65 per share, in the year-ago period. Its net sales climbed to $7.9 billion from $7.5 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings