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

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

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