3M (MMM) came out with quarterly earnings of 1.93pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof1.66 per share. This compares to earnings of 2.17pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof16.272.08 per share when it actually produced earnings of $2.39, delivering a surprise of 14.90%.Over t ...