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[ Ethyl/NNP Corp./NNP ]
reported/VBD that/IN 
[ third-quarter/JJ net/JJ income/NN ]
fell/VBD 
[ 12/CD %/NN ]
from/IN 
[ a/DT year-earlier/JJ quarter/NN ]
helped/VBN by/IN 
[ a/DT gain/NN ]
from/IN 
[ discontinued/VBN operations/NNS ]
./. 

[ Profit/NN ]
from/IN continuing/VBG 
[ operations/NNS ]
rose/VBD 
[ 19/CD %/NN ]
./. 

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[ The/DT chemicals/NNS ]
and/CC 
[ insurance/NN company/NN ]
said/VBD 
[ net/NN ]
in/IN 
[ the/DT latest/JJS quarter/NN ]
was/VBD 
[ $/$ 54.8/CD million/CD ]
,/, or/CC 
[ 45/CD cents/NNS ]

[ a/DT share/NN ]
./. 

In/IN 
[ the/DT year-earlier/JJ quarter/NN ]
,/, 
[ net/NN ]
was/VBD 
[ $/$ 62.2/CD million/CD ]
,/, or/CC 
[ 51/CD cents/NNS ]

[ a/DT share/NN ]
./. 

[ The/DT previous-year/JJ quarter/NN ]
included/VBD 
[ $/$ 16.1/CD million/CD ]
from/IN 
[ businesses/NNS ]
spun/VBN off/RP as/IN 
[ Tredegar/NNP Industries/NNP Inc/NNP ]
./. 

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[ Revenue/NN ]
was/VBD 
[ $/$ 613.7/CD million/CD ]
,/, up/RB 
[ 18/CD %/NN ]
from/IN 
[ $/$ 521.2/CD million/CD ]

[ a/DT year/NN ]
ago/RB ./. 

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[ Ethyl/NNP ]
said/VBD 
[ pretax/JJ profit/NN ]
from/IN 
[ its/PRP$ insurance/NN segment/NN ]
,/, excluding/VBG 
[ investment/NN gains/NNS ]
,/, rose/VBD 
[ 28/CD %/NN ]
in/IN 
[ the/DT latest/JJS quarter/NN ]
to/TO 
[ $/$ 28.6/CD million/CD ]
from/IN 
[ $/$ 22.4/CD million/CD ]
./. 

In/IN 
[ the/DT chemicals/NNS segment/NN ]
,/, 
[ pretax/JJ profit/NN ]
rose/VBD 
[ 7/CD %/NN ]
to/TO 
[ $/$ 69.2/CD million/CD ]
from/IN 
[ $/$ 64.9/CD million/CD ]
./. 

[ The/DT company/NN 's/POS chemicals/NNS interests/NNS ]
include/VBP ,/, among/IN 
[ other/JJ things/NNS ]
,/, 
[ petroleum/NN additives/NNS ]
,/, 
[ pharmaceuticals/NNS ingredients/NNS ]
and/CC 
[ polysilicon/NN ]
used/VBN by/IN 
[ the/DT semiconductor/NN industry/NN ]
./. 

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For/IN 
[ the/DT nine/CD months/NNS ]
,/, 
[ Ethyl/NNP ]
said/VBD 
[ net/NN ]
fell/VBD 
[ 2/CD %/NN ]
to/TO 
[ $/$ 168.7/CD million/CD ]
,/, or/CC 
[ $/$ 1.40/CD ]

[ a/DT share/NN ]
,/, from/IN 
[ $/$ 172.2/CD million/CD ]
,/, 
[ $/$ 1.42/CD ]

[ a/DT share/NN ]
,/, 
[ a/DT year/NN ]
ago/RB ./. 

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[ Net/NN ]
in/IN 
[ the/DT latest/JJS period/NN ]
included/VBD 
[ $/$ 11.9/CD million/CD ]
from/IN 
[ discontinued/VBN operations/NNS ]
and/CC 
[ a/DT charge/NN ]
of/IN 
[ $/$ 6.2/CD million/CD ]
from/IN 
[ a/DT plant/NN closing/NN ]
./. 

In/IN 
[ the/DT year-ago/JJ period/NN ]
,/, 
[ net/NN ]
included/VBD 
[ $/$ 32.7/CD million/CD ]
from/IN 
[ discontinued/VBN operations/NNS ]
./. 

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[ Revenue/NN ]
was/VBD 
[ $/$ 1.79/CD billion/CD ]
,/, up/RB 
[ 18/CD %/NN ]
from/IN 
[ $/$ 1.52/CD billion/CD ]

[ a/DT year/NN ]
earlier/RBR ./. 

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In/IN 
[ New/NNP York/NNP Stock/NNP Exchange/NNP composite/JJ ]
trading/NN ,/, 
[ Ethyl/NNP ]
closed/VBN at/IN 
[ $/$ 25.875/CD ]

[ a/DT share/NN ]
,/, up/RB 
[ 12.5/CD cents/NNS ]
./.