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The $13.1B profit is the 4th best quarterly result in world history, the 2nd best in US history (Exxon Q308), and the best by far of any company outside of Oil
by timae 15y ago
The $13.1B profit is the 4th best quarterly result in world history, the 2nd best in US history (Exxon Q308), and the best by far of any company outside of Oil & Gas. Not inflation adjusted of course.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_corporate_profits_and_losses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_corporate_profi...
- da-bacon 15y agoInteresting to see United Airlines on the largest profits and the largest losses. Is this an artifact of their bankruptcy?
- querulous 15y agoHow did AOL Time Warner book a loss of nearly a trillion dollars in a single year?
- alanfalcon 15y agoThose free shiny AOL coasters didn't print themselves.
- EtienneK 15y agoA trillion is a thousand billion, not a hundred billion.
- megablast 15y agoThe write down after AOL bought Time Warner, and AOL's stock went south.