Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY) reported Thursday that its first-quarter profit climbed to to $986 million, or 57 cents a share, from $743 million, or 43 cents a share, in thear-ago quarter. On an adjusted basis, the company earned 58 cents per share. Revenue rose to $5.01 billion from $4.81 billion. Analysts, on average, expected the company to report earnings of 53 cents a share on revenue of $4.98 billion.
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