[Rick H]

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As for oil company profits, don't get me started on that one!

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Hmmm, you mean something like this? From USA Today 1/31/2006.

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ExxonMobil amasses record $36B 2005 profit

ExxonMobil (XOM) reported the largest annual profit in U.S. corporate history Monday, a $36.1 billion jackpot that included a record-setting fourth quarter.
Exxon earned $10.7 billion, or $116 million every 24 hours, in 2005's final quarter, up 27% from the same period one year earlier.

Quarterly revenue of $99.7 billion was 19.5% higher than last year's fourth quarter. For the year, Exxon took in $371 billion — equal to the total annual economic output of Argentina and Thailand.

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And why the increase in gas prices?????? DUH!!!!!!!

Rick H.