For those who did not see the council appointment at our council meeting last week, Dean Radford of the Renton Reporter has written a good play-by-play of the voting HERE.
Daily archives for February 2nd, 2008
Why am I not surprised… Exxon just posted biggest profit of any US corporation ever
Feb02
2008
Written by Randy Corman
2008
Written by Randy Corman
There are just too many things I want to say about this, but I’ll let you readers do it instead. Please feel free to leave your comments!
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Exxon Mobil posts $40.6 billion annual profit
Oil giant breaks record for largest annual profit by a U.S. company
HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company — $40.6 billion — on Friday as the world’s biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at the end of the year.
Exxon also set a U.S. record for the biggest quarterly profit, posting net income of $11.7 billion for the final three months of 2007, beating its own mark of $10.71 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005.
The previous record for annual profit was $39.5 billion, which Exxon Mobil had in 2006.
Groundhog says more winter
Feb02
2008
Written by Randy Corman
2008
Written by Randy Corman
Yep, six more weeks according to Punxsutawney Phil. It’s funny how the weather in Pennsylvania and Renton seem to match on so many Groundhog days…it’s supposed to be sunny here too!
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