L-3 first-quarter net increases 17%</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="L-3 first-quarter net increases 17%"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="L-3,first-quarter,net,increases,17%"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">24-04-2007</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>L-3 first-quarter net increases 17%</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_BnkhQRVYHkvp93DFREg4_0.jpeg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">New York, USA (Bloomberg): L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., the largest supplier of translators for the U.S. Army, said first-quarter earnings rose 17 percent on wartime demand for linguists and sales of military gear. The company raised its full-year forecast. Net income rose to $162.1 million, or $1.29 a share, beating analysts' estimates, from $138.9 million, or $1.13, a year earlier. Revenue climbed 14 percent $3.3 billion, the New York-based company said today in a statement. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ar8bdKHL_Iko&refer=home" target="blank">www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ar8bdKHL_Iko&refer=home</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show