Net income for Hershey Foods for the third quarter is $143,600.000 or $1.09 a share. This is

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Net income for Hershey Foods for the third quarter is $143,600.000 or $1.09 a share. This is compared with net income of $123,100,000 or $0.89 a share for the same quarter a year ago. What was the increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock?