>How does that 8.3 percent jive with this:
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>Exxon Mobil, the largest oil company, reported at the start of this month a record 2007 profit of $40.6 billion, earnings that trounced any other company. Royal Dutch Shell reported the largest earnings of any company in Britain, at about $31 billion.
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>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/17/business/rnrgoilcos.php
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>I still think this is the culprit:
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How much of this profit went to the public unions who are investing their retirement funds in Exxon?