DuPont quarterly profit slips 3 percent on higher costs
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DuPont quarterly profit slips 3 percent on higher costs

www.reuters.com   | 24.07.2012.

(Reuters) - Chemical maker DuPont posted a 3 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday as higher costs offset a jump in revenue.
DuPont quarterly profit slips 3 percent on higher costs

The company posted net income of $1.18 billion, or $1.25 per share, compared with $1.22 billion, or $1.29 per share, in the year-ago period.

Excluding one-time items, the company earned $1.48 per share during the second quarter.

Revenue rose to $11.28 billion from $10.49 billion.

(Reporting by Ernest Scheyder in New York; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)


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