Becton Dickinson (BDX) came out with quarterly earnings of 2.68pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof2.39 per share. This compares to earnings of 2.98pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof12.133.42 per share when it actually produced earnings of $3.42, delivering no surprise.Over the last four quarters, t ...