Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Exxon, the world's largest publicly traded oil company by market value, announced a quarterly (Sept. 30th 2005 - Dec. 31, 2005) profit of $9.92 billion (up from $8.42 billion for the same three - month period a year ago).
That's $80,842 dollars profit per minute
For the entire year of 2005, Exxon earned $36.1 billion profit.
According to the LA Times, this is equal to the combined gross domestic product of:
Iceland, Jordan, and Uzbekistan.
It can also buy:
131
Airbus 555-passenger A380 jets
72,990
Median priced homes in Los Angeles County
281,440
Hummer H1 Alphas
3,345,370
one-year health insurance policies for a family of four
5,555,040
Students' annual registration fees at UCLA
12,000,000,000
MTA Day Passes
15,460,000,000
Gallons of self-serve regular gasoline
# posted by DH @ 7:02 PM 
