Becton Dickinson (BDX) came out with quarterly earnings of 3.81pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof3.77 per share. This compares to earnings of 3.42pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof1.063.31 per share when it actually produced earnings of $3.50, delivering a surprise of 5.74%.Over the last four quar ...