Exxon should know, though, that money isn’t everything. In their aim for total dominance, they really should be considering the power aspect, and start placing operatives in top governmental positions. Oh, wait…

Exxon Mobil reports $39.5B annual profit

NEW YORK - Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company - $39.5 billion - even as earnings for the last quarter of 2006 declined 4 percent.

The 2006 profit topped the previous record of $36.13 billion which Exxon set in 2005.

Revenue at the world’s largest publicly traded oil company rose to $377.64 billion for the year, surpassing the record $370.68 billion that Exxon posted in 2005.

Exxon Mobil’s record annual earnings followed a year of extraordinarily high energy prices as crude oil topped $78 a barrel in the summer - driving up average gasoline prices in the United States to more than $3 a gallon. Prices retreated later in the year.

The fourth-quarter decline reflects lower profits from Exxon’s refining and marketing segment and a sharp dropoff in natural gas prices. Record profit

Source: Yahoo! News

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