Business briefs
Union vote
JetBlue Airways pilots voted for the second time against joining a union, maintaining the company’s status as the biggest US airline without organized labor groups.
Dell down
Dell’s second-quarter net income rose 63 percent on stronger spending by corporations and government agencies. But its stock dropped as revenue fell short, and the computer maker lowered its revenue forecast.
No GI bill
An agreement with a finance company will clear $3.5 million in debt for nearly a thousand soldiers who shopped at a retailer outside the Army’s Fort Drum military base that sold computers and other electronics at highly inflated prices and credit terms, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said yesterday.
Whew!
Fitch Ratings reaffirmed Tuesday its AAA rating on the US.
Sorry, Raj
Galleon Group’s Raj Rajaratnam lost a bid to have his insider-trading convictions thrown out.

