July 23 Biz Minute

While Ford posted a surprise second-quarter profit of $2.3 billion today, two of the nation's biggest military contractors reported mixed earnings with Raytheon earnings rising 15 percent and Northrop Grumman dropping 20 percent...
And the Dow Jones rose back above 9,000 for the first time since January Gasoline futures jumped today even though U.S. fuel supplies have been building for six straight weeks,
Citigroup carried out a part of the debt exchange offers today that will give the federal government a 34 percent stake in the bank.
AT&T's second quarter earnings fell 15 percent after it subsidized a record-setting launch of the newest iPhone

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• Ford
• military
• contractors
• Raytheon
• Northrop Grumman
• Dow Jones
• Gas
• gasoline
• fuel
• Citigroup
• debt exchange
• AT&T
• iPhone