Merck (MRK) came out with quarterly earnings of 1.57pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof1.50 per share. This compares to earnings of 2.13pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof4.672.16 per share when it actually produced earnings of $2.28, delivering a surprise of 5.56%.Over the last four quarters, the compan ...