Abbott Labs Beats, Raises Guidance and Dividend

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) released its earnings report for the three months ended September 30 this afternoon before the market opened on Wall Street. The company showed earnings of $0.55 on revenue of $5.369 billion. Shares in the health care company closed at $3.71 on Tuesday's market.

In the lead up to the release of the Abbot Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) earnings report analysts studying Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) were looking for earnings of 52 cents per share from the company. Revenue was expected to come in at $5.4 billion. In the same three months of last year the...