General Motors Co. says it made $1.33 billion in the second quarter, a sign of growing strength as the company prepares to sell stock to the public, according to AP. It's GM's second straight quarterly profit. The company made $865 million in the first quarter. CEO Ed Whitacre says GM is eager to sell the stock so it can pay off $43.3 billion in government loans that were converted into a large stake in the company. No date has been set for the sale. GM has been majority-owned by the government since it left bankruptcy protection in July of 2009. Second-quarter revenue was $33.17 billion, up 5.3 percent from the first quarter on strong sales in China and U.S. sales of revamped cars and trucks.
