date:Apr 22, 2013
rofit declined 4 percent and included the impact from the devaluation of net monetary assets in Venezuela, net impact of mark-to-market adjustments on commodity hedges, and certain restructuring and integration costs.
The company's core effective tax rate was 24.5 percent, below the prior year quarter primarily due to income mix shift and the reversal of international tax reserves, partially offset by the lapping of a 2012 tax benefit related to prepayment of Medicare subsidy liabilities. The