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United Rentals 3Q earnings from continuing operations beat Wall Street estimates


Published : Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:11
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NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - United Rentals Inc. reported late Wednesday third-quarter earnings from continuing operations rose to $111 million, or 97 cents a share, from $88 million, or 79 cents a share, on a similar basis a year earlier.

The mean estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Financial was for earnings of 93 cents a share for the quarter.

Revenue for the three-month period ended Sept. 30 rose 1.1% to $994 million, below analyst expectations of $1.06 billion.

The stock closed the regular session at $34.19.

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