http://www.masterresource.org/2009/01/exxon-laughs-all-the-way-to-the-bank/ A free-market energy blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.masterresource.org/2009/01/exxon-laughs-all-the-way-to-the-bank/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Energy Reality Wins at Exxon Mobil Annual Meeting (Atlas is not shrugging at this substance-over-form company) — MasterResource Sat, 30 May 2009 18:13:11 +0000 http://masterresource.org/?p=365#comment-176 [...] owners seem to agree. And company profitability has confirmed this strategy, as Michael Lynch has noted at MasterResource. Moreover, Exxon Mobil’s stick-to-the-basics strategy is now in favor at [...] [...] owners seem to agree. And company profitability has confirmed this strategy, as Michael Lynch has noted at MasterResource. Moreover, Exxon Mobil’s stick-to-the-basics strategy is now in favor at [...]

]]> http://www.masterresource.org/2009/01/exxon-laughs-all-the-way-to-the-bank/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Gregory Rehmke Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:33:09 +0000 http://masterresource.org/?p=365#comment-175 And in the oil crises of the 1970s many more were enthusiastic about government, calling for major oil companies to be nationalized. Exxon and other diversified in part to have more employees and diverse political protection (i.e. jobs, votes and congressional seats representing their firms). I remember Exxon or Mobil in the camera distribution business. I would purchase expensive SLR cameras with a "120 day trial" period--then return them. No one talks about nationalizing oil companies today (just banks, I guess). And in the oil crises of the 1970s many more were enthusiastic about government, calling for major oil companies to be nationalized. Exxon and other diversified in part to have more employees and diverse political protection (i.e. jobs, votes and congressional seats representing their firms). I remember Exxon or Mobil in the camera distribution business. I would purchase expensive SLR cameras with a “120 day trial” period–then return them. No one talks about nationalizing oil companies today (just banks, I guess).

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