Chrysler reported an annual net profit for the first time since it emerged from a bankruptcy restructuring process in 2009 that handed control of the car company to Italy's Fiat.

ECONOMIST: Business this week

Verghese reminds that Olam has seen commodity prices gyrate before and weathered several economic blasts in its 19 years--while he points to a chart showing a steady, annual rise in net profit.

FORBES: Magazine Article

According to financial statements filed in the six months ended January 2013, privately held companies saw average annual sales growth of 9 percent and net profit margins of 8.1 percent.

FORBES: Private Companies' Health Heading Into Sequestration

While many psychic, physical and economic scars remain in Japan, Toyota reported a 23-percent rise in quarterly net profit this week and raised its annual profit forecast by 10 percent.

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Since going public in 1988 Dell has seen sales, net profit and share price all climb at compound annual rates between 28% and 33%.

FORBES: The Second Coming

The sales growth is slightly lower than the 10.2 percent average annual growth for statements filed in the six months ended January 2012, but net profit margin is better than the 4.6 percent margin among statements in that period.

FORBES: Private Companies' Health Heading Into Sequestration