August 8th, 2011 
admin Detroit, MI, United States (AHN) – General Motors saw its second quarter earnings surge by 92 percent compared to the same period a year earlier.
It earned $2.5 billion compared to the $1.3 billion GM earned a year earlier.
The nation’s No. 1 automaker had revenue of $39.4 billion, up by 19 percent on improved average pricing and numbers of vehicles sold.
Only two years out of a federal bailout, most of GM’s growth came from U.S. sales, which increased by 11 percent to 669,000 vehicles sold while company-wide growth increased by 7 percent overall to 2.3 million vehicles sold worldwide.
For the first time in years, GM made money in each of its four regions.
GM (GM, Fortune 500) posted a profit of $2.5 billion, or $1.54 per share, compared with $1.3 billion, or 85 cents per share a year earlier.
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