Whole growth

Whole Foods Market shares jumped more than 9 percent to $58.72 in late trading after the trendy natural foods grocery chain reported a 61-percent gain in its first-quarter earnings.

Weak Wiki

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said pri vately he doesn’t know if his cache of internal Bank of America data contains any big news, Reuters reported.

Jersey slap

Standard & Poor’s downgraded New Jersey to AA- minus from AA two weeks before the Republican Gov. Chris Christie proposes his own fix for the state’s shaky finances.

AIG charge

Insurer AIG will take a $4.1 billion charge at its Chartis global prop erty unit because of higher-than-expected claims on older policies for asbestos exposure and workers’ comp.

Cisco hit

Cisco Systems’ net in come fell 18 percent in the second quarter, and it provided a dim out look for the current quarter. Its shares fell 8.7 percent to $20.13 in after-hours trading.