Apple Computer said net quarterly income increased 10.3 percent from the period a year earlier.
The payment to Citicorp, to take one example, added $436 million to that bank's quarterly income.
Percentage changes in quarterly net income can be complicated in the oil industry.
The quarterly income represented the company's highest earnings in four years.
With today's increase, his quarterly income from Chrysler dividends comes to $18 million.
Net quarterly income was $896 million, down 2 percent from the first quarter but more than double what it was a year earlier.
The quarterly net income included $71 million associated with a favorable settlement of a Federal tax issue.
A 57 percent increase in investment banking revenue pushed Merrill's quarterly income past $1 billion for the first time.
Sempra Energy, $8 million of $25 quarterly income preferred securities due in 2030.
That was offset by an 82 percent increase in quarterly income from asset management, to $149 million.