Medtronic (MDT) came out with quarterly earnings of 1.46pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof1.45 per share. This compares to earnings of 1.57pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof0.691.26 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.30, delivering a surprise of 3.17%.Over the last four quarters, the co ...