DuPont’s Profit Doubles; Plans $5B Share Buyback

E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD)’s fourth-quarter profit doubled beating market estimates and announced a new $5 billion share buyback program. E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) posted strong fourth quarter results propelled by higher margins at its businesses that sell seeds and make materials for solar panels. The largest U.S. chemical maker also unveiled a new $5 billion share repurchase plan. DuPont’s strong operating earnings E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD)’s operating earnings per share, excluding one-off items, were $0.59 in the fourth-quarter, surpassing the average of analysts’ estimates of…