Thursday, April 26, 2007

Thermo Fisher Scientific profit jumps on merger

(Reuters) - Excluding several items, such as costs and tax effects of restructuring and certain acquisition-related costs, earnings were 59 cents per share. Analysts on average expected 53 cents, according to Reuters Estimates.

On a pro forma basis that assumes the companies were combined for all of 2006, adjusted operating income rose 34 percent and revenue increased 11.5 percent to $2.1 billion.


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