P&G 1st-quarter net off 1.9%, sales up 8.9%

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch)
Procter & Gamble, the Cincinatti consumer-products company, reported fiscal first-quarter net income fell 1.9% on 8.9% higher sales.
For the quarter ended Sept. 30, earnings slipped to $3.02 billion from $3.08 billion i…