U.S. Bancorp (USB) came out with quarterly earnings of 0.98pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof0.96 per share. This compares to earnings of 1.12pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof2.080.89 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.90, delivering a surprise of 1.12%.Over the last four quarters, the company has su ...