Medtronic (MDT) came out with quarterly earnings of 1.62pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof1.58 per share. This compares to earnings of 1.46pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof2.531.36 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.39, delivering a surprise of 2.21%.Over the last four quarters, the co ...