For ExxonMobil Record Profits, for Consumers Soaring Costs
ExxonMobil Corporation said today that its 2005 earnings totaled $36.13 billion, an increase of 42 percent from the previous year. The amount is the largest annual profit ever for an American company. The earnings come at a time of high gasoline and heating fuel prices that have prompted some political leaders to call for a windfall profits tax on oil companies.
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rudkla - 31. Jan, 13:56
