Ashland (ASH) came out with quarterly earnings of 1.49pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof1.47 per share. This compares to earnings of 1.23pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof1.361.19 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.27, delivering a surprise of 6.72%.Over the last four quarters, the company ha ...