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Thursday, February 02, 2006
Big oil gets bigger
Shell today reported the biggest three-month profit ever for a British company. The news follows Exxon Mobil's earnings this week, the largest quarter ever recorded by a publicly-listed US company. The reason for both was the same: The soaring price of crude. It lifted Shell's annual profits to $23 billion. From London, Stephen Beard reports.
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