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Exxon Mobil (XOM) stock surged Wednesday after it signaled natural gas prices would support already strong third-quarter expectations. Despite steep growth estimates, the energy giant projects it will not match its record profits from Q2 as oil prices have retreated along with refining and chemical segment profits. Exxon reported its…

NEW YORK — Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified at a criminal trial about the Trump administration’s seemingly chaotic foreign policy while leveling a veiled criticism at Jared Kushner.

Fury as ‘explosive’ documents reveal largest oil companies contradicted public statements and wished bedbugs upon critical activists

Documents suggest Shell and BP staff privately downplayed public commitments on climate crisis

Taking profits after a stock gains 20%-25% can help investors protect wealth, as was the case with Exxon Mobil.

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Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez that grounded on Alaska’s Bligh Reef in 1989, causing one of the nation’s worst oil spills, has died

The UN’s call for windfall taxes must be taken up by governments to help break the power of greedy cartels

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