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Article: 3M Reports First-Quarter Results.
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- April 24, 2009
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- Company Updates Sales and Earnings Outlook -
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- 3M (NYSE: MMM) today announced first-quarter sales of $5.1 billion, a decrease of 21.3 percent from the first quarter of 2008. Net income was $518 million, or $0.74 per share, versus $1.0 billion, or $1.38 per share in the corresponding period last year (a). Excluding special items in 2009 (b), per share earnings were $0.81, down 41 percent year-on-year.
"As expected, the global economic slowdown dramatically affected our businesses in the first quarter," said George W. Buckley, 3M chairman, president and CEO. "Substantial end-market declines and continued inventory takedowns in major ...