10:05 AM EST - Onex Corp. : reported a lower first-quarter profit on Thursday, as it got a smaller earnings boost from discontinued operations than in the year-prior period. Onex reported net earnings of $149 million, or $1.16 per share, in the three months ended March 31. That was down from a profit of $679 million, or $4.95 per share, in the same period a year earlier. Onex Corp.
shares T.OCX are trading down 49 cents at $38.90.
