DuPont Sees Strong Third-Quarter 2014 Profits, Warns of Agriculture Headwinds

SUGAR LAND--October 29, 2014--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--DuPont (NYSE:DD) (Wilmington, Delaware) reported its third-quarter net earnings rose 52% to $433 million from a year earlier, with gains in five of its seven business units. Third-quarter sales fell 3% to $7.5 billion as a result of portfolio changes, the diversified company reported. Industrial Info is tracking 17 DuPont projects worth $861 million. Within this article: Overview of DuPont's third-quarter earnings and projects, including the $500 million expansion of a plant in Mexico.