Shares of Abbott Laboratories gained 0.8% in premarket trade Wednesday, after the health-care company reported first-quarter earnings that beat expectations, sales that were slightly above and full-year profit guidance that was in line. Net income rose to $1.13 billion, or 38 cents a share, from $1.05 billion, or 23 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Excluding non-recurring items, adjusted EPS rose to 63 cents from 59 cents, above the FactSet consensus of 61 cents. Sales increased 2% to $7.54 billion... Читать дальше...