3M (MMM) came out with quarterly earnings of 2.39pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof2.08 per share. This compares to earnings of 1.97pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof14.902.31 per share when it actually produced earnings of $2.42, delivering a surprise of 4.76%. Over ...