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To: Zakeet

Alot of money...


5 posted on 08/01/2008 5:15:27 AM PDT by Coffee200am ("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
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To: Coffee200am
“Alot of money...”

Well, Exxon made a lot of money in aggregate because it sells a lot of oil, gas, etc (volume). However, it's net profit was only eight cents ($0.08) on the dollar - a very modest return when compared to corporations such as Coca Cola, Apple, Intel, HP, others.

11 posted on 08/01/2008 5:45:26 AM PDT by snoringbear ('Just so to get the terminology correct; it goes like this; the federal government is the Pimp, the)
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