Siemens lifts earnings outlook, helped by euro, cuts

By Georgina Prodhan MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Siemens , Europe's biggest industrial group, raised its full-year earnings-per-share forecast on Monday after beating market expectations for first-quarter industrial profit, revenue and orders. Siemens' healthcare, transportation and energy-management units drove a gain in industrial profit to 10.4 percent of sales from 10.2 percent a year earlier, helped greatly by the weak euro and ongoing cost cuts. Siemens shares rose 2.3 percent in after-hour