DuPont Reports Upswing in Fourth-Quarter 2014 Profits, Warns of Currency Headwinds in 2015

SUGAR LAND--January 28, 2015--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--DuPont (NYSE:DD) (Wilmington, Delaware) reported fourth-quarter 2014 net earnings of $683 million, compared with $185 million a year earlier. Favorable changes in tax benefits and charges for the chemicals, agriculture products and materials producer contributed to fourth-quarter earnings, company executives said. Industrial Info is tracking 72 active DuPont projects worth $1.62 billion.

Within this article: Quarterly results and earnings outlook for DuPont (NYSE:DD), including details on titanium dioxide plant expansion in Mexico.

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