Becton Dickinson (BDX) came out with quarterly earnings of 3.50pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof3.31 per share. This compares to earnings of 2.96pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof5.742.96 per share when it actually produced earnings of $3.17, delivering a surprise of 7.09%. Over the last four qu ...