	ncr ncr continues to expect ings growth ncr corp earlier reporting higher first quarter profit said it continues to expect that it will report record ings and revenue for all of our optimism is based on our incoming order rates and the strength of our product lines the company said ncr corp plans additional new product announcements this year it said without elaborating ncr earlier said first quarter profit increased to mln dlrs or cts share from mln dlrs or cts share in the prior year ncr s full year ings rose to mln dlrs from mln dlrs in the prior year ncr said the increase in first quarter profit resulted from strong revenue growth which was particularly strong in europe and pacific marketing groups growth in u s revenues also improved the company said first quarter revenues increased to billion dlrs from mln dlrs in the prior year ncr s u s dollar value of first quarter worldwide incoming orders posted a very substantial gain over the prior year first quarter ncr also said without giving specific figures order growth was broad based across ncr s product lines with the greatest growth coming from u s it said reuter 
