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...related investments built into the Corporation, it will be increasingly difficult for Harvard's Fellows to ignore the implications of these holdings, and more unlikely that the controversy will fade away. The Root Of All Evil Harvard's Top 15 Investments IBM $56,900,000 Schlumberger $55,200,000 Exxon $52,600,000 AT&T $51,700,000 Mobil Oil $48,300,000 Standard Oil (Cal.) $45,200,000 Atlantic Richfield $33,000,000 Standard Oil of Indiana $29,500,000 Getty Oil $26,300,000 Superior Oil $25,500,000 General Reinsurance $23,200,000 Halliburton...
...That's clear. But if the auto companies aren't selling their gas guzzlers, why are the oil companies making huge profits? Exxon just made $1.9 billion in three months, a 101.6% increase over its obscene profit in 1979's first quarter...
...Nonsense," Featherless said severely. "We could do better by making them happy. Suppose that instead of punishing Exxon, Mobil and Shell, we rewarded them...
...Sure. Exxon gets Chrysler. We split up General Motors, maybe give Cadillac to Sonoco, Buick to Arco. Same with Ford. Presto, sleazo, no more layoffs, no more recession...
...Which ones? If you own Chrysler stock, you've just been swallowed by the richest industrial company in the world. If you own Exxon, your corporate giant has become bigger and therefore more powerful...