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To: sandbar

"10% of 800 billion is still alot of damn money."

Do you have any idea how much money they pump into research and development, exploration and general overhead? A heck of a lot more than 10% of 800 billion. At this scale, you can only deal in percentages, and EXXON-Mobile is doing just moderately well. If the feds go after them because of mob hysteria exhibited by the likes of you, they will be doing poor.


137 posted on 04/27/2006 12:02:51 PM PDT by Flightdeck (Longhorns+January=Rose Bowl Repeat)
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To: Flightdeck
Exxon invested $4.8 billion in capital and exploration projects in the first quarter alone--a 41 percent increase from 2005.

Mob hysteria is a good description--certainly no business sense, logic, or common sense on the part of the 'populist' outrage.

140 posted on 04/27/2006 12:05:58 PM PDT by stockstrader
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