Ecolab Inc. provided earnings guidance for the fourth quarter and full year of 2017. For the quarter, the company expected adjusted diluted earnings per share, excluding special gains and charges and discrete tax items, to continue to show sequential quarterly improvement, rising 10% to 12% to the $1.38 to $1.40 range. Diluted earnings per share are expected to be in the $1.84 to $1.98 range. Net discrete tax benefit in the fourth quarter of 2017 of approximately $0.45 to $0.55 per share. For the year, the company expected adjusted diluted earnings per share is expected to rise 7% to 8% to the $4.68 to $4.70 range. Diluted earnings per share expected to be in the $5.05 to $5.19 range. Net benefit in the $0.37 to $0.49 range.