Word: exxon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...panic." The Dow Jones industrial average fell 25 points within a few hours, then recouped 23 points of the loss within the half-hour before the close, as traders apparently realized that Hunt's adventures had not changed the basic worth of such blue-chip stocks as Exxon, General Motors, AT&T and the like...
Mortimer said Mobil, Exxon, General Electric and Chase Manhattan have contributed to the scholarship fund. She added that other corporations, including General Motors and the Ford Motor Corporation, have pledged their support...
Companies involved in natural resources also performed well. In the past two weeks, as one big oil company after another posted hefty fourth-quarter profits, their stock prices leaped daily. During January, Exxon was up 5¾, to 60⅞, Mobil rose 3⅜, to 58⅜, and others racked up equally impressive rises. Coal, timber and copper producers, which like the oil companies deal in irreplaceable or depletable assets, also showed strong gains...
...Exxon up 55%, Gulf up 68%, Mobil up 78%, Getty up 83%, Texaco...
Once again it was time for Big Oil's profits parade. Against a backdrop of soaring gasoline costs and exploding heating-oil prices, one oil company after another last week went through the now familiar ritual of releasing eye-popping reports of annual earnings. Exxon's earnings on revenues of $84.3 billion totaled $4.3 billion, making it the most profitable corporation in American industry. Yet even as the announcements rolled in, Senate and House conferees were reaching final agreement on a compromise over a key aspect of Jimmy Carter's nine-month-old call for a windfall...