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...pain at the pump has put Big Oil in the profiteering spotlight again, albeit with an Internet twist. At least one widely distributed chain e-mail encourages readers to boycott stations operated by ExxonMobil, the largest gasoline retailer in the U.S. Exxon's profits roared 44% higher in the first quarter, to $5 billion, on fattened profit margins. The 27 largest energy firms in the U.S. earned $14.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2000--more than double their profits in the same period a year earlier, reports the Energy Information Agency. Of course, there were no complaints while Exxon...
...pain at the pump has put Big Oil in the profiteering spotlight again, albeit with an Internet twist. At least one widely distributed chain e-mail encourages readers to boycott stations operated by ExxonMobil, the largest gasoline retailer in the U.S. Exxon's profits roared 44% higher in the first quarter, to $5 billion, on fattened profit margins. The 27 largest energy firms in the U.S. earned $14.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2000--more than double their profits in the same period a year earlier, reports the Energy Information Agency. Of course, there were no complaints while Exxon...
...know (or don't know) about future business activity. When times are good, companies book orders at a fairly predictable rate and can easily project sales and earnings for the next few quarters. That's visibility. When times are tough, companies may still book orders at a predictable, albeit slower, pace. They still have visibility; it's just not a pretty picture. Either way, execs relay what they see to investors, creating a comfort zone that keeps the stock from gyrating--even when it falls...
...Summers got the job in the end. And although his background is in social science--albeit a kind of social science heavy on mathematics--both former colleagues and people within the Harvard faculty and administration stress that Summers can and should focus much of his attention on promoting scientific research...
...concludes that this development merits investigation. I take a look at some of the other readings coming in and also notice a slight increase in the oxygen supply to my brain. This increase in turn bumps of the efficiency of the whole system and I slowly start thinking again (albeit at a low level). Finally the visual cognition comes in with a signal and I can confirm decisively that I have crested the hill...