Tag: record profits

This is rather interesting: Officials from six major oil companies have refused to testify this week at a Senate hearing looking into whether oil industry mergers in recent years have made gasoline more expensive at the pump. With oil companies reporting record profits from higher energy prices, consumer groups have complained that mergers in the […]

We feel the pinch every time we have to fuel up. Gas prices continue to climb closer to the $3.00 a gallon mark. Yesterday, oil prices alone hit an all time high of $66.00 a barrel, and expected to hit $70.00 a barrel within a week. So what lies in the future of our economy? […]