AT&T Inc. reports its second-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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Chrysler said Wednesday it is offering up to $6,000 worth of incentives as it races to emerge from bankruptcy protection and counter a prolonged U.S. sales slump.

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Ford Motor Co. is best positioned to benefit from a sweeping "sea change" in the U.S. auto industry as its Detroit competitors file for bankruptcy and auto sales begin to pick up again, an analyst said, adding Ford shares to a list of top picks.

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Exxon Mobil has unseated Wal-Mart Stores to top the 2009 Fortune 500 list after a year the magazine called the worst ever for the country's 500 largest publicly traded companies.

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U.S. video game sales slumped more than expected in March and were flat in the first quarter when compared with a year earlier - hurt by the recession, a shift in the Easter calendar and fewer big game launches.

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Shares of online travel companies fell Wednesday after privately held Travelocity followed rivals Priceline.com Inc. and Expedia Inc. in eliminating booking fees for domestic and international flights.

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Continental Airlines Inc. said declining business travel is hurting a key measure of revenue, and that the drop-off has gotten worse since January.

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Shares of McKesson Corp. skidded Wednesday due to concerns that one of the pharmacy benefits manager's biggest customers, drugstore operator Rite Aid Corp., could default on its loans this year.

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Low-cost carriers Southwest Airlines Co. and JetBlue Airways Corp. are probably the best-positioned to benefit from an eventual improvement in passenger demand, a Morgan Stanley analyst said Monday.

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The oil services sector fell on Monday as oil prices plunged on increasing doubts that energy demand will recover amid a battered economy and as rig counts continued to tumble.

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Shares of Gannett Co. continued to plunge for a second day Tuesday after Standard & Poor's Ratings Service downgraded its credit rating to "junk" status.

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Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration has determined it cannot approve Somaxon's insomnia drug candidate Silenor for sale without more information about the product.

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The election of President Obama and a Democratically controlled Congress has been a boon to U.S. handgun makers, with sales of one pistol manufacturer climbing enough that an analyst Wednesday upgraded its stock to "Strong Buy" from "Accumulate."

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Plunging airline stocks suggest investors worry a few carriers may wind up in bankruptcy, victims of the country's financial crisis.

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Shares of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. tumbled Friday as an analyst slashed her 2009 earnings estimate nearly in half, due to expectations for a higher provision to cover loan losses.

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An analyst on Monday questioned the decision by General Electric Co. to pay its dividend as planned while also leaving open the possibility it could cut the dividend it has paid for more than 100 years.

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Shares of shipper UPS Inc. rebounded Tuesday as Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief that management is maintaining profitabilty and strong volumes amid the dismal economic environment.

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A Morgan Keegan analyst on Wednesday boosted his rating on United Parcel Service Inc. to "Outperform," a day after the package-delivery company reported a profitable fourth quarter but warned of a difficult year ahead.

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Deep capacity cuts, checked bag fees and aggressive fare sales couldn't stop the airline industry's bleeding from the impact of bad bets on fuel hedges and the drop-off in demand.

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Shares of Black & Decker Corp. sank Tuesday after the power tools maker said it was laying off 1,200 workers amid slumping profits and offered a grim outlook for its 2009 performance.

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Harley-Davidson Inc said on Friday that it will cut nearly 12 percent of its workforce and close several plants amid a global pullback in consumer spending.

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GE reported a 44 percent drop in quarterly profit Friday, as the U.S. conglomerate and economic bellwether closed out one of the toughest years in its 117-year history.

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U.S. Bancorp on Wednesday reported a 72 percent drop in earnings in the final three months of last year - its eighth straight quarterly profit decline.

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General Motors Corp. is cutting its 2009 industrywide U.S. sales forecast to 10.5 million vehicles.

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JPMorgan Chase managed to avoid a loss in the fourth quarter, indicating that it is weathering the financial crisis better than some of the other big banks.

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