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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 29, 1992                   TAG: 9201290046
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-9   EDITION: METRO 
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REPORTED EARNINGS

Cooper Industries

Cooper Industries Inc., the Houston-based parent of Gardner-Denver Mining and Construction of Roanoke, reported Tuesday that its net income rose last year to $393.2 million, or $3.01 a fully diluted share, up 8.8 percent from $361.4 million, or $2.81 a fully diluted share, in 1990. Revenues were down 1 percent to $6.16 billion from $6.22 billion.

For the fourth quarter, net income rose 10.5 percent to $120.6 million on revenues that were down 6 percent to $1.6 billion. In the 1990 quarter, net income was $109.1 million on revenues of $1.7 billion.

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