Abbott (ABT) came out with quarterly earnings of 1.14pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof1.10 per share. This compares to earnings of 1.08pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof3.640.96 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.98, delivering a surprise of 2.08%.Over the l ...