Abbott reports earnings of $0.62 per share

Abbott's diluted earnings per share for the second quarter were $0.62, excluding specified items and including the impact of stock compensation expense, exceeding the company's previous guidance range of $0.56 to $0.58. Diluted earnings per share under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) were $0.40, which included costs related to the Guidant vascular acquisition, including acquired in-process R&D.

Abbott is raising its earnings-per-share guidance range for the full-year 2006 to $2.49 to $2.53 from its previous guidance range of $2.44 to $2.50, both...

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