Shell set for record profits of Â£13.6bn
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Business & money: Oil group to post highest earnings by a British firm as RAC urges the chancellor to cancel rise in fuel duty
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Barclays Bank announces a record pre-tax profit of Â£7.14bn in 2006 - up by 35% on the previous year.
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Exxon Mobil, the world's largest public oil company, makes a record $25bn profit in 2004 on the back of surging oil prices.
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The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton reported a record first-half profit of 6.168 billion dollars, and said it expected China to continue to drive global demand for commodities.
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The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton has reported a record first-half profit of 6.168 billion dollars, and said it expected China to continue to drive global demand for commodities.
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High energy prices help US oil giant Exxon Mobil report the highest ever annual profit by a US company - $39.5bn.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group unveiled another, bigger-than-expected, cut in oil reserves on Thursday but tempered the news by announcing record profits and plans for higher dividends and share buybacks.
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Exxonâs fourth-quarter earnings of $11.66 billion are the highest-ever operating profit by a U.S. company.
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ExxonMobil (XOM:NYSE - news - research) stepped up to the plate Thursday with record-breaking profits that raced past Wall Street estimates.
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Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell Plc posted record European company earnings of $27.6 billion in 2007, but fourth-quarter profit missed forecasts.
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The $39.5 billion profit topped the previous record for a U.S. company, which Exxon set in 2005.
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BP's annual profits rise 26% to $16.2bn (Â£8.7bn) as the company benefits from soaring oil prices.
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Shares in Royal Dutch/Shell surged on  Thursday as a unified structure unveiled by the oil giant is  set to dramatically lift its weighting in key benchmark share  indexes.
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Business & money: Biggest annual profits in British corporate history cause storm of protest from trade union leaders
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Anglo-Dutch energy company Royal Dutch-Shell will boost capital spending to $15 billion a year during 2004-06 to build proven reserves.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group on Wednesday announced a &#36;150 million increase in the amount of money it will spend in 2004 on exploration and production in Europe, bringing the total to &#36;1.8 billion.
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The Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell today sought to draw a line under its reserves scandal by announcing plans to spend $15bn (Â£8.4bn) a year to replenish reserves and develop production in its oil and gas business.