02:56 PM EST - George Weston Ltd. : said first-quarter earnings slumped 19 percent to $104 million, pulled down by its main subsidiary, the troubled Loblaw Cos. supermarket chain. Weston said Tuesday its first-quarter sales were up 3.2 percent to $7.22 billion from just under $7 billion, but net income worth 70 cents per share was down from year-ago earnings of $128 million, 91 cents per share.
shares T.WN are trading up 45 cents at $75.14.
