Earnings Roundup: Global Payments, Immucor

Among the earnings stories for Thursday, Oct. 1, from AP Financial News:

ATLANTA (AP) — Global Payments Inc. said its fiscal first-quarter profit rose by less than a percent as sales rose but currency comparisons crimped profit.

NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) — Immucor Inc., which makes products used in blood transfusions, said its profit grew 7 percent in the fiscal first quarter as sales in all of its product groups improved.

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