Tag: record profit

17,000 jobs lost in January. Wow: The economy lost 17,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department reported on Friday, an unexpected decline that marks the most striking evidence yet that the United States may be slipping into a recession. But don’t let that bad news get you down. Exxon has set another record profit year: […]

Might I suggest buying some gas. Perhaps you should get it from Exxon – who is set for another record profit year: Exxon is expected to make $39.2 billion for all of 2007, just shy of its previous record of $39.5 billion in 2006, which breaks down to the company earning about $75,000 a minute. […]