Exxon/Mobil has record profits again! 45.2 billion in '08

[panader0]

How many times in a row can they continue to set records at our expense? Even with the price of gas down lately (all artificial of course) they were able to make a fortune. Isn't there a law to prevent gouging in times of crisis?

[RB TexLa]

1. It's ExxonMobil, not mobile

[panader0]

2. Oops, thanks

[jpak]

3. Thank you Bush for letting oil speculators run wild

and fuck you

[bdamomma]

4. bush and cheney's allegiance was the oil companies

not to the country or the American people.

[boomerbust]

5. That is

Forty Five Thousand Two Hundred Million. Clear Profit.

[B3Nut]

6. Can we nationalize our energy infrastructure now?

It's long overdue, methinks.

The commons should belong to We The People, and IMHO that should include telecom as well.

TP

[TahitiNut]

7. That's a Net Income per Employee of $607,178

That's AFTER expenses (such as ALL employee compensation including wages, FICA, etc.) and AFTER taxes.

So, how much did the employees get and how much do the owners get? And how much do we pay for gas?


http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/ratios?symbol=XOM.N&rpc=66