12:16 PM EST - Telus Corp. : said on Wednesday that first-quarter earnings dipped. Net earnings fell to $194.8 million, or 57 cents a share, for the period ended March 31. That compares with a profit of $210.1 million, or 60 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Revenue rose 6 percent to $2.2 billion from $2.08 billion. Analysts had expected earnings of 73 cents a share before exceptions on revenue of $2.21 billion, according to Reuters Estimates. Telus Corp.
shares T.T are trading off 19 cents at $60.75.
