3M (NYSE:MMM) reported quarterly earnings of $2.31 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.01 by 14.93 percent. This is a 2.94 percent decrease over earnings of $2.38 per share from the same period last
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3M Company's (NYSE:MMM) short percent of float has risen 7.19% since last its last report. The company recently reported that it has 9.42 million shares sold short, which is 1.64% of all regular shares that are available for trading.