10:54 AM EST - MDS Inc. : reported a hefty second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped mostly by a $792 million gain related to the sale of its diagnostic division. The Canadian health sciences company said it earned $736 million, or $5.35 a share, for the second quarter, up from $14 million, or 10 cents a share, for the same period last year. Analysts were expecting an average of 12 cents a share according to Reuters Estimates. MDS Inc.
shares T.MDS are trading off 29 cents at $21.41.
