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 Procter & Gamble Co.,
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 helped by a gain from a lawsuit settlement and continued growth overseas, 
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posted a 38% rise in fiscal first-quarter net income.
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ended Sept. 30 
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climbed to $551 million, or $1.66 a share, from $400 million, or $1.18 a share, a year earlier.
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 Per-share figures have been adjusted for a 2-for-1 stock split effective Oct. 20.
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 Sales increased 6% to $5.58 billion from $5.27 billion. 
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 Earnings at the consumer-products giant were boosted by a gain of $125 million, or about 25 cents a share,
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 stemming from last month's settlement of litigation with three of P&G's competitors over patents on P&G's Duncan Hines cookies.
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 Excluding the gain,
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 P&G's earnings were close to analysts' predictions of about $1.40 a share for the quarter.
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 Wall Street had expected a modest rise in the company's domestic sales and earnings, and more substantial increases in overseas results. 
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One factor 
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helping sales and earnings 
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was a 3% price rise for most P&G products, except coffee,
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 analysts said.
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 Unit volume, or amount of products shipped, rose about 11% in the international segment, 
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with P&G continuing to win market share in Japan's diaper and detergent markets.
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 Jay Freedman, analyst with Kidder, Peabody & Co., said 
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P&G's Always sanitary napkin,
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 sold under the Whisper name in Japan,
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 has firmly established itself as a leading brand.
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 He figures 
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P&G will expand its personal-care product line in Japan 
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to continue that momentum.
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 P&G's U.S. shipments were up just 1%,
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 partly because the company decided to shift more promotions and sales for health and beauty products to the fiscal second quarter.
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 Hugh Zurkuhlen, analyst with Salomon Bros., predicts 
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the shift will mean P&G's sales growth in the second quarter will be in the double digits.
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 Also slowing growth in the U.S. were lackluster results for P&G's cooking oils,
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 which had a strong year-earlier first quarter.
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 Last year's drought in the Midwest prompted retailers to stock up on oils ahead of anticipated price increases,
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 boosting sales for Crisco and Puritan oils,
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 analysts said.
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 For fiscal 1990, analysts expect P&G's sales to continue to grow,
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 with earnings climbing between 15% and 20%.
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 Lynne Hyman, vice president of equity research for First Boston Corp., expects P&G to post net of about $4.20 a share, on a post-split basis.
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 But I'm recognizing 
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there's a good chance 
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they'll do a bit better than that, 
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she says.
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 In fiscal 1989, P&G earned $3.56 a share,
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 adjusted for the stock split.
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 One big factor 
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affecting the fiscal second half 
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will be the new stewardship of Edwin L. Artzt, 
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who becomes chairman and chief executive officer in January.
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turning around P&G's international operations, 
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analysts have high hopes for his tenure.
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 If he does to the domestic operations what he did internationally, 
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says Mr. Zurkuhlen, 
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this company will earn $6 or $7 a share in a few years.
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