Corning Exceeds Expectations on Optical and Gorilla Glass Strength

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced second-quarter 2017 results on Wednesday morning, easily beating expectations on both the top and bottom lines, thanks to strong showings from both its optical communications and specialty materials segments.

But with shares down more than 5% today -- yet still up more than 40% over the past year -- let's dig deeper to see how Corning capped the first half of 2017, as well as what investors can expect from the glass technologist going forward.

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