[thackney]

What seems out of line to me is EOM's profit increasing by 75%. This profit is clearly larger than what would be derived from merely passing along the increased cost of their crude oil.

Their profit is less than 10% for 3rd quarter. When the biased liberal media plays games in reporting the numbers, you should not assume the the worse.

Do you believe that <10% is a indication of taking advantage of the consumer? How low a profit margin would you operate a business, especially in a high risk area. Go look up oil prices in 1998.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

From the story at the head of this thread:

Exxon Mobil, the world's largest oil company, said yesterday that its third-quarter net income jumped 75 percent, to $9.92 billion.

Unless I read this wrong their profit for the third quarter was up 75%.