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Old 11-24-2005, 11:51 PM  
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Originally Posted by SuckOnThis
You really should try picking up a newspaper sometime. In the last quarter alone Exxon made almost $10 BILLION PROFIT. No company in the history of the world has ever made that much profit in 3 months. If that doesnt paint a picture of price gouging I don't know what does.

Yea and they did over 100 Billion in sales so their profit was less then 10% which in the business world is just average !

You've been suckered by the press with this 10 Billion Profit line. There are many other fortune 500 companies making 30% - 40% profit but they don't sell gasoline or oil.
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