Jacobs Engineering Reports Profit, Backlog Gains for Fiscal First-Quarter 2012, Sees Market Improvement Ahead, an Industrial Info News Alert

SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire -01/27/12)- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated (NYSE:JEC - News) (Pasadena, California), a leading worldwide provider of technical and construction services, reported strong overall results in the fiscal first quarter of 2012 as improving markets boosted the company's sales and grew its backlog. Net income for the quarter was reported to be $89.71 million, a 36.29% increase from the fiscal first quarter of 2011.

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