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Article: Nucor Reports Results for First Nine Months and Third Quarter of 2007.
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- October 18, 2007
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nucor Corporation announced today consolidated net earnings for the first nine months of 2007 of $1.11 billion ($3.68 per diluted share), a decrease of 18% from net earnings of $1.35 billion ($4.34 per diluted share) in last year's first nine months.
Consolidated net earnings of $381.2 million ($1.29 per diluted share) in this year's third quarter increased 11% from the $344.9 million ($1.14 per diluted share) earned in the second quarter of 2007 and decreased 27% compared with $521.6 million ($1.70 per diluted share) earned in the third quarter of 2006.
In the first nine months of 2007, Nucor's ...