U.S. [Oil] Companies Post Bigger 4th-Qtr Gains; Wal-Mart to Report

[CindyDale]

Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. companies may post a 20 percent rise in fourth-quarter earnings, higher than earlier forecasts, as profit surged at energy providers.

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A surge in oil prices has lifted earnings at companies including Exxon Mobil Corp., where profit jumped 27 percent.

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a0a3dWaP5RXs&refer=news_index

[cornermouse]

1. Whoooeeee. I know this makes me feel better.

Nothing wrong with our economy. No sir-eeeee...

[wolfgirl]

2. Well...

thank God our nation is so strong! :grr:

[Bluzmann57]

3. Well whoopie! Glad to hear that oil companies are getting richer

at our expense. Drug companies and stock brokers will be right up there too, I'll bet. In the meantime, working stiffs like me continue to try and make ends meet. Ah, life in corporate America. The rich get richer and the middle class disappears. Gotta love it. Or not.

[w4rma]

4. price gouging oligopolistic anti-patriotic scumbags. (nt)

[blue agave]

5. I'm shocked, I tell ya ! n/t