Exxon Reports $10.36 Billion Profit This Quarter...

Associated Press STEVE QUINN July 27, 2006 at 09:43 AM
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Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday it earned $10.36 billion in the second quarter, the second largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded U.S. company.

The earnings figure was 36 percent above the profit it reported a year ago. High oil prices helped boost the company's revenue by 12 percent to a level just short of a quarterly record.

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