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23 Jul 2009 08:59

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Biz: Ford managed to find its way to big profits minus bankruptcy

  • $2.3 billion in 2Q profits for the Detroit automaker source
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16 Jul 2009 14:32

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Biz: JP Morgan follows the Goldman Sachs route to post-bailout profits

  • $2.7 billion JP Morgan’s profit this quarter, up 36% from a year ago and 27% from the last quarter; as you might guess, investors are giving each other high-fives right now source
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13 Jul 2009 09:46

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Biz: At Goldman Sachs, profits are huge, yet inexplicable

  • –$2.12 billion amount Goldman Sachs lost in a single quarter last fall, when they needed bailout help from the government source
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05 Jun 2009 02:15

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Biz: Why former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo is a bad, bad man

  • $387 million Amount Angelo Mozilo made as Countrywide CEO between 2002 and 2006. He co-founded the company in 1969 and was seen as a rags-to-riches story. source
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14 May 2009 07:48

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Biz: Wal-Mart’s profits stay almost exactly the same as a year ago

  • $3.02 billion in profits in both Q1 ’08 and Q1 ’09 source
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08 May 2009 11:50

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Biz: Think GM is doing really bad? Check out Toyota’s losses.

  • $4.4 billion in annual losses – their first down year since 1950 source
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16 Apr 2009 23:05

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Tech: Well, that’s spiffy: Google is still freakin’ profitable

  • 8.9% increase in 1st-quarter profits for the super-geniuses source
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13 Apr 2009 18:37

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Biz: Someone’s making money. Might as well be Goldman Sachs.

  • $1.66 billion in 1Q profits for the investment company source
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20 Mar 2009 20:37

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U.S.: The U.S. Postal Service is trying to recover from such great lows

  • -$2.8 billion losses the post office suffered in 2008; it’ll be worse in 2009 despite an increase in the price of stamps to 44¢ in May. source
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03 Mar 2009 21:54

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Biz, Tech: Google to execs: You kept us profitable. Here’s your payday.

  • 4 top execs got bonuses of $1.2 million or more for boosting profits source
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