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3M (MMM) reported that second-quarter earnings rose 37.5% from a year ago to $1.54 per share, driven by booming sales. Sales were $6.7 billion, an increase of 17.7% from the year-ago quarter, the company said in a statement. Geographically, the biggest gain was in emerging economies, which...

Technology company 3M said that second-quarter sales are expected to rise between 4 and 6 percent from a year earlier to $6.6 billion to $6.75 billion, driven by a sharp rise in organic sales volumes. 3M CEO George Buckley will make the forecast to a meeting of investors and analysts meeting in...

What happens when companies pollute? Sometimes -- though not always -- they have to pay. BP's $20 billion fund to compensate for damages to the Gulf of Mexico ranks as the biggest environmental payout of all time. What other industrial giants make the list?

The following is a round-up of news likely to affect stock prices today: Ford Motor Co. (F) said Tuesday it earned $2.1 billion, or 50 cents a share in the first quarter, compared to a loss of $1.4 billion, or 60 cents per share, in last year's quarter. Analysts had expected earnings of 32 cents...

Strong earnings, growing merger activity and an improved macroeconomic outlook could mean the bull market's here to stay. The forecast will become clearer this week, with the release of several key economic and earnings reports.

The giant bank is defending itself based on four claims it's making to counter the SEC's charges. Our legal reporter thinks the SEC has a stronger -- but not a slam-dunk -- case on the first three points. The fourth is more up in the air. All of them involve subtle interpretations of what happened and why.

Boeing announced Wednesday that it would take a 20 cents a share charge against its first-quarter 2010 earnings related to the recently signed health care legislation. Like many publicly traded companies, Boeing is losing a health care tax write-off -- but not yet.