====================================== [ Ethyl/NNP Corp./NNP ] reported/VBD that/IN [ third-quarter/JJ net/JJ income/NN ] fell/VBD [ 12/CD %/NN ] from/IN [ a/DT year-earlier/JJ quarter/NN ] helped/VBN by/IN [ a/DT gain/NN ] from/IN [ discontinued/VBN operations/NNS ] ./. [ Profit/NN ] from/IN continuing/VBG [ operations/NNS ] rose/VBD [ 19/CD %/NN ] ./. ====================================== [ The/DT chemicals/NNS ] and/CC [ insurance/NN company/NN ] said/VBD [ net/NN ] in/IN [ the/DT latest/JJS quarter/NN ] was/VBD [ $/$ 54.8/CD million/CD ] ,/, or/CC [ 45/CD cents/NNS ] [ a/DT share/NN ] ./. In/IN [ the/DT year-earlier/JJ quarter/NN ] ,/, [ net/NN ] was/VBD [ $/$ 62.2/CD million/CD ] ,/, or/CC [ 51/CD cents/NNS ] [ a/DT share/NN ] ./. [ The/DT previous-year/JJ quarter/NN ] included/VBD [ $/$ 16.1/CD million/CD ] from/IN [ businesses/NNS ] spun/VBN off/RP as/IN [ Tredegar/NNP Industries/NNP Inc/NNP ] ./. ====================================== [ Revenue/NN ] was/VBD [ $/$ 613.7/CD million/CD ] ,/, up/RB [ 18/CD %/NN ] from/IN [ $/$ 521.2/CD million/CD ] [ a/DT year/NN ] ago/RB ./. ====================================== [ Ethyl/NNP ] said/VBD [ pretax/JJ profit/NN ] from/IN [ its/PRP$ insurance/NN segment/NN ] ,/, excluding/VBG [ investment/NN gains/NNS ] ,/, rose/VBD [ 28/CD %/NN ] in/IN [ the/DT latest/JJS quarter/NN ] to/TO [ $/$ 28.6/CD million/CD ] from/IN [ $/$ 22.4/CD million/CD ] ./. In/IN [ the/DT chemicals/NNS segment/NN ] ,/, [ pretax/JJ profit/NN ] rose/VBD [ 7/CD %/NN ] to/TO [ $/$ 69.2/CD million/CD ] from/IN [ $/$ 64.9/CD million/CD ] ./. [ The/DT company/NN 's/POS chemicals/NNS interests/NNS ] include/VBP ,/, among/IN [ other/JJ things/NNS ] ,/, [ petroleum/NN additives/NNS ] ,/, [ pharmaceuticals/NNS ingredients/NNS ] and/CC [ polysilicon/NN ] used/VBN by/IN [ the/DT semiconductor/NN industry/NN ] ./. ====================================== For/IN [ the/DT nine/CD months/NNS ] ,/, [ Ethyl/NNP ] said/VBD [ net/NN ] fell/VBD [ 2/CD %/NN ] to/TO [ $/$ 168.7/CD million/CD ] ,/, or/CC [ $/$ 1.40/CD ] [ a/DT share/NN ] ,/, from/IN [ $/$ 172.2/CD million/CD ] ,/, [ $/$ 1.42/CD ] [ a/DT share/NN ] ,/, [ a/DT year/NN ] ago/RB ./. ====================================== [ Net/NN ] in/IN [ the/DT latest/JJS period/NN ] included/VBD [ $/$ 11.9/CD million/CD ] from/IN [ discontinued/VBN operations/NNS ] and/CC [ a/DT charge/NN ] of/IN [ $/$ 6.2/CD million/CD ] from/IN [ a/DT plant/NN closing/NN ] ./. In/IN [ the/DT year-ago/JJ period/NN ] ,/, [ net/NN ] included/VBD [ $/$ 32.7/CD million/CD ] from/IN [ discontinued/VBN operations/NNS ] ./. ====================================== [ Revenue/NN ] was/VBD [ $/$ 1.79/CD billion/CD ] ,/, up/RB [ 18/CD %/NN ] from/IN [ $/$ 1.52/CD billion/CD ] [ a/DT year/NN ] earlier/RBR ./. ====================================== In/IN [ New/NNP York/NNP Stock/NNP Exchange/NNP composite/JJ ] trading/NN ,/, [ Ethyl/NNP ] closed/VBN at/IN [ $/$ 25.875/CD ] [ a/DT share/NN ] ,/, up/RB [ 12.5/CD cents/NNS ] ./.