second quarter

Nov. 7 -- Michael O'Leary, chief executive officer of Ryanair Holdings Plc, discusses the company's second-quarter profit reported today and full-year outlook.

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The Quarterly Lending Bulletin  (pdf) for the second quarter, 2011, presents a brief analysis of the current small business lending situation and shows a drop in loans outstanding to small businesses.

AOL released its earnings report for the second quarter this morning. Included was strong advertising growth, particularly in display.

Internet access, content and online advertising company AOL reported its earnings for the second quarter of the year.

Total revenue came in at $542.2 million, down 8 percent compared to Q2 2010.

LinkedIn released its first earnings report as a public company, and it wasn’t too shabby. They beat estimates and posted a 120% increase in revenue (YoY), and a new member increase of 61%.

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GM’s quarterly profit nearly doubled in the second quarter, beating expectations, as the top U.S. automaker took a larger share of sales globally and raised prices on its vehicles.

With just two smartphone models available for sale, Apple took in two thirds of profits from smartphone sales in the second quarter among the top eight vendors in the world.

The United States’ gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the second quarter, especially disappointing numbers as a sharp recession is usually followed by a big recovery.

The parent company of Mercedes-Benz, Daimler, has posted a record net profit of $2.5 billion for the second quarter of the year, smashing most estimates and increasing by almost 30 percent on the same period a year ago.

Netflix released its earnings report for the second quarter today, as well as a 75% year-over-year increase in subscribers, having added 1.8 million in the quarter.

The company has 25.56 million subscribers globally.