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Exxon Mobil posts record $45.2 billion profit
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1/30/2009 2:51:02 PM
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Oil giant breaks record for full-year earnings despite quarterly
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Exxon Mobil posts record $45.2 billion profit
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Lindy
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1/30/2009 2:51:02 PM
They are one of the few oil exploration companies still around.
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REB
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2/3/2009 4:16:34 PM
Let's Give Exxon Mobil a Bailout to Raise Its Stock Price! Poor guys.
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David F Mayer
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2/3/2009 8:58:35 AM
ANY TARP Money for Them?????
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carl
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1/30/2009 4:43:24 PM
re: $18 billion in bonuses for Wall Street Exec's
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Jack Herer
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1/30/2009 9:15:30 PM
Idiots
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TB
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1/30/2009 11:39:02 PM
Sorry Tom
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RobVG
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1/31/2009 3:38:17 AM
What does Madoff have to do with Wallstreet bonuses?
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Lee
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1/31/2009 3:59:11 PM
"Everyone Else"
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RobVG
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1/31/2009 8:58:17 PM
Wallstreet bonuses..."Just don't throw him in with everyone else."
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Lindy
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1/31/2009 4:24:13 PM
And one wonders where you get your reading skills from.
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Lee
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1/31/2009 6:08:45 PM
You too? I guess it is easier.
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TB
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1/31/2009 6:33:40 AM
It's definitely not easy.
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RobVG
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2/1/2009 12:55:21 AM
re: not easy.
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TB
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2/1/2009 4:13:54 AM
gettin' easier...
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Jody
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2/1/2009 1:21:27 PM
Personal Best.
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Jody
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1/31/2009 2:25:03 PM
More Kipling
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TB
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1/31/2009 7:02:16 PM
:)
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Jody
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1/31/2009 7:22:18 PM
They came for the rich...and I did nothing.
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Lee
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1/30/2009 11:57:21 PM
They came for the poor - and you cheered them on. They came for the minorities - etc.
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Bowser
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1/31/2009 2:06:08 AM
From someone who use to be poor.
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Lee
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1/31/2009 5:14:05 AM
re: From someone who use to be poor.
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Bowser
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1/31/2009 6:12:25 AM
re: From someone who use to be poor.
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daveg
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2/2/2009 3:29:28 PM
What does that say about your prejudices against successful people?
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Lee
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1/31/2009 3:54:38 PM
Exxon Mobil paid about $116 billion in total taxes in 2008.
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TB
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1/30/2009 7:09:20 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.