ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ 3M Co. (MMM) on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $1.43 billion.

On a per-share basis, the St Paul, Minnesota-based company said it had profit of $2.45.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.18 per share.

The maker of Post-it notes, industrial coatings and ceramics posted revenue of $8.94 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $8.67 billion.

3M expects full-year earnings to be $9.70 to $9.90 per share.

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