Friday, February 1, 2008

The real problem with our economy...

Payrolls drop for 1st time since 2003 (AP)AP - Nervous employers cut 17,000 jobs in January — the first such reduction in more than four years and a fresh trouble sign that the economy is in danger of stalling.

Exxon Mobil posts record profits (AP) AP - Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company — $40.6 billion — as the world's largest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at year's end.

When was the last time an oil company had anything but a record profit?

2 comments:

yarnophiliac said...

makes you want to puke, doesn't it?

Laurin said...

yup - someone hold my hair back for me, k?