Exxon ReportsHOUSTON - Exxon Mobil is reporting a profit of US$45.2-billion for 2008, breaking its own record for full-year earnings by a U.S. company, but fourth-quarter profits tumbled 33 per cent.
The fourth-quarter decline is not a surprise with oil's swift 60 per cent plunge in the final three months of the year. The previous record for annual profit was $40.6 billion, which Exxon Mobil set in 2007.
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