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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:34 PM Original message |
MSNBC just said EXXON was getting out of retail gas market. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. do they own oil wells? |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here's a link to a small AP article: |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's their own fucking fault. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. nope is from today |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Exxon Mobil |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. They are complaining about profits? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That's the part that hit me |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Poor dears. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Yeah, they only made $11 billion instead of $15 billion. |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. The story is misleading |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Yep, they'll be wholesaling consumer gasoline. nt |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Yep, you're right. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Right, and There Will Still be Exxon Stations |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with the years-old boycott |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. This one made me actually smile, Thanks for the article. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I doubt this will benefit consumers tho.... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That is probably correct, but it made me smile for a moment. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. It would appear we've reached the threshold price where the consumer has to cut back on gas |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I don't believe |
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weezy2736 (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Great! Now they'll be able to make even more money! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. They know the real profit is in speculation. n/t |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. K & R n/t |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. (sigh) I remember when their maps were free, and they ALL had them. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Maps were free, and you got your gas pumped for you, your oil checked |
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Athens30603 (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Sounds like paradise to me. n/t |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. There's no future in it... |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's not an unusual move, IIRC |
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