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Oct 18 (Reuters) – Laboratory Corp of America Holdings
posted a quarterly profit that was slightly above
analysts’ estimates but the medical tests provider lowered the
higher end of its full-year earnings forecast.
Net earnings rose to $148.0 million, or $1.53 per share, in
the third quarter from $134.3 million, or $1.31 per share, a
year earlier.
Excluding items, the company earned $1.76 per share.
Analysts had expected $1.74 per share, according to Thomson
Reuters I/B/E/S.
