the new - york based corporation says , tuesday , that profits totaled a reported $ 946 million , or 75 dollars a share , in the january - july period , up from $ 794 000 , or 61 cents a share , a year early .
Net income grew to $369 million, or 83 cents per share, in the January-March period from $291 million, or 65 cents per share, a year ago.